1790s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1760s 1770s 1780s – 1790s – 1800s 1810s 1820s
Years:	1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The decade that ran from January 1, 1790 to December 31, 1799 of the 18th century. The most notable event of the decade was the French Revolution, with other notable events being the founding of the two-party system in American politics and the Panic of 1797.

1 Politics and wars
2 Economics
3 Technology
4 Environment
5 Popular culture
- 5.1 Music
6 People
- 6.1 World leaders

Politics and wars

French Revolution

French Revolution (1789–1799). It would later be considered to have effectively ended on November 9, 1799, when a successful coup d'état put Napoléon Bonaparte in control of France.
Haitian Revolution (1791–1803).

Economics

John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson's Iron Madness reached its peak.
Canal Mania broke out in the United Kingdom.

Technology

French inventor Claude Chappe first demonstrated a practical semaphore system (1792). Use of this system would eventually expand to include the whole of France. This would later be considered to be the first practical telecommunications system.

Environment

Lions became extinct in Egypt by this time.

Popular culture

Music

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on December 5, 1791.

People

World leaders

Josep de Boltas, Prince of Andorra, r. 1785–1795
Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Prince of Andorra, r. 1797–1816
Qianlong, Emperor of China, r. 1735–1796
Jiaqing, Emperor of China, r. 1796–1820
Louis XVI, King of France, r. 1774–1792
Louis XVII, Nominal King of France, r. 1792–1795
Maximilien Robespierre, President of the National Convention, Deputy of the Committee of Public Safety (under Georges Danton) and De-facto ruler of France (1792–1795), in office Aug 22-Sep 5 1793, Jun 4–17 1794 (as President of the National Convention) and 1793–1794 (as Deputy of the Committee of Public Safety)
Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, Lead Director of the French Directory, in office 1795–1799
Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul and future Emperor of France, in office 1799–1804
Christian VII, King of Denmark, r. 1766–1808
Erekle II, King of Georgia, r. 1762–1798
George XII of Georgia, King of Georgia, r. 1798–1800
George III of Great Britain, King of Great Britain, r. 1760–1820
William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain, m. 1783–1801, 1804–1806
Kamehameha I (the Great), chief of North Hawaii and first King of Hawaii, r. 1782–1795 (as chief of North Hawaii), 1795–1819 (as King of Hawaii)
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, r. 1765–1790
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, r. 1790–1792
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, r. 1792–1806
Shah Alam II, Mughal Dynasty Emperor of India, r. 1759–1806
Kōkaku, Emperor of Japan, r. 1779–1817
Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan, in office 1787–1837
Jeongjo, Joseon Dynasty King of Korea, r. 1776–1800
Peshwa of the Marathas

Madhav Rao II, r. 1774–1795
Baji Rao II, r. 1795–1818

Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, r. 1733–1793 (under French occupation 1793–1814)
Mohammed ben Abdallah, Sultan of Morroco, r. 1757–1790

Yazid, Sultan of Morroco, r. 1790–1792
Slimane, Sultan of Morroco, r. 1792–1822
Tipu Sultan, Ruler of Mysore, r. 1782–1799
Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, Ruler of Mysore, r. 1799–1868
William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, in office 1751–1795
Selim III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, r. 1789–1807
Pius VI, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States, p. 1775–1799 (locum tenens until 1800)
Shahs of Persia (Zand dynasty and Qajar dynasty)

Lotf Ali Khan, r. 1789–1794
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, r. 1794–1797
Fath Ali Shah, r. 1797–1834

Stanisław August Poniatowski, Last King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, r. 1764–1795
Maria I, Queen of Portugal, r. 1777–1816
Frederick William II, King of Prussia, r. 1786–1797
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, r. 1797–1840
Catherine II (the Great), Czarina of the Russian Empire, r. 1762–1796
Paul, Czar of the Russian Empire, r. 1796–1801
Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia, r. 1773–1796
Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia, r. 1796–1802
Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud, Imam of the First Saudi State, r. 1765–1803
Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Siam, r. 1782–1809
Charles IV, King of Spain, r. 1788–1808
Gustav III, King of Sweden, r. 1771–1792
Gustav IV, King of Sweden, r. 1792–1809
Jamphel Gyatso, Dalai Lama and ruler of Tibet, r. 1762–1804
George Washington, President of the United States, in office 1789–1797
John Adams, President of the United States, in office 1797–1801
Ludovico Manin, Last Doge of the Republic of Venice, in office 1789–1797
Moses Robinson, President of the Vermont Republic, in office 1789–1790
Thomas Chittenden, first and last President of the Vermont Republic (and first governor of the State of Vermont), in office 1778–1789, 1790–1791 (as President)