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1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1791st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 791st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1790s decade.
March 5 – Thomas Chittenden is inaugurated as the first governor of Vermont. March 9 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant arrives in Georgetown and begins designing the federal capital city. March 30 – District of Columbia is established. April 29–May 8 – The first American ships reach Japan, brigantine Lady Washington captained by John Kendrick ...
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1804 – Lewis and Clark set out. 1804 – U.S. presidential election, 1804: Thomas Jefferson reelected president; George Clinton elected vice president. March 4, 1805 – President Jefferson begins second term; Clinton becomes the fourth vice president. 1807 – Embargo Act of 1807. 1807 – Robert Fulton invents steamboat.
World History 1790-1800 AD. 1790 AD Federal Government Assumes State Debts - The federal government agreed to redeem the debts of individual states. Debt assumption was supported by Hamilton, but opposed by Madison, who said it rewarded speculators. It was also opposed by a number of key states, such as Virginia, who had repaid all their debts.
March 4, 1801: Thomas Jefferson Inaugurated After a Republican victory in the election of 1800, Jefferson becomes the nation's third president. February 1803: John Marshall Delivers his Decision in Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court Chief Justice Marshall decrees that the Judiciary Act of 1789 is unconstitutional in its affirmation of the right ...
Feb 25 1st Bank of US chartered. Mar 2 Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris. Mar 3 1st US internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) Mar 3 Congress establishes US Mint. Mar 4 First Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office.
London: Routledge, 2016. The 1790 census was the first federally sponsored count of the American people. One of the most significant undertakings of George Washington's first term as president, the census fulfilled a constitutional mandate and was interpreted by many as evidence of national prosperity and progress.
