The Territory of Mississippi was formally organized.
The world's first recorded parachute jump occurred from 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above Paris.
The Treaty of Campo Formio was signed between France and Austria.
Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's attempt to conquest Tenerife, Spain, failed.
Napoleon formed the Ligurian Republic.
America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Bank of England printed the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
£1 notes were circulated in Britain.
Italy used its current tri-colored flag for the first time.
American abolitionist David Walker published his appeal to the African American publications in Boston.
President George Washington provided a letter of address to say he would not run for president again after 20 years of service.
David Humphreys handed out the first recorded US passport.
Tennessee became the 16th state to join the United States of America.
Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, gave the first vaccination against smallpox.
The United States received its first elephant.
German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss became the first person to prove quadratic reciprocity law.
German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss constructed the first heptadecagon using a ruler and a compass.
A meteorite crashed into Wold Newton in Yorkshire, England.
The Invasion of the Cape Colony came to an end. The Dutch Cape Colony surrendered to the British after three months of battling.
The University of North Carolina opened, becoming the first US public state university.
The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified.
The Batavian Republic was proclaimed, replacing the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
British Navy Admiral William Brown and his crew discovered Honolulu Harbor.
Signing of the Jay Treaty.
The US Neutrality Act was enacted.
American inventor Eli Whitney was granted a patent for a ground-breaking new type of cotton gin.
Elizabeth Bennet became the first woman to give birth by a Cesarean section in the United States.
Mayor of Paris Jean Sylvain Bailly was guillotined at Champ de Mars during the Reign of terror.
The Festival of Reason was held at Notre Dame, Paris.
Political activist and French playwright Olympe de Gouges was guillotined.
Queen Marie Antoinette was executed during the French Revolution.
President George Washington marked the location for the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
The Reign of Terror occurred in France, where many massacres and public executions happened during the French Revolution.
During the French Revolution, a mass levy was adopted, making it compulsory for any able-bodied men aged 18 to 25 to join military service.
Following the divide of the Rhone-et-Loire department in France, the Rhone department became independent.
George Washington held the first Cabinet meeting in his house in Mount Vernon.
The return of escaped slaves in the US became compulsory after congress introduced the fugitive slave law.
King of France, Louis XVI, faced gruesome guillotine execution for high treason.
French King Louis XVI was sentenced to death during the French Revolution.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
Henry Laurens became the first person to be cremated in the US.
George Washington was re-elected as the US President.
The cornerstone of the White House was laid, marking the first day of construction.
Organized by the Columbian Order, the first recorded 'Columbus Day' was celebrated on this day.
A group invaded the Tuileries Palace, where Louis XVI stayed during the French revolution.
Kentucky became the 15th state to join the United States of America.
A highwayman, Nicolas Pelletier, was the first man to be executed by the guillotine in Paris, France.
The French Revolutionary War began after France declared war on Austria.
The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.
King Gustav III of Sweden was shot during a masquerade ball at the Royal Opera Hall in Stockholm.
