1790s

1790s

Events and trends

* French Revolution (1789 - 1799). It is considered to have effectively ended on November 9, 1799 when a successful coup d'état places Napoléon Bonaparte in control of France.
*French inventor Claude Chappe first demonstrates a practical semaphore system (1792). Use of the system will eventually expand to include the whole of France. This is considered to be the first practical telecommunications system.
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on December 5, 1791.
* Lions became extinct from Egypt by this time.
* Canal Mania in the United Kingdom.
* John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson's Iron madness reaches its peak.

World leaders

* King Louis XVI (France)
* Maximilien Robespierre (France)
* First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte (France)
* King George III (Great Britain)
* Emperor Leopold II (Holy Roman Empire)
* Emperor Francis II (Holy Roman Empire)
* Frederick William II of Prussia, King of Prussia
* Emperor Kangxi (China)
* Shah Alam II,(Mughal Empire)
* Peshwa of the Marathas
# Madhav Rao II 1774 - 1795
# Baji Rao II 1795-1818
* Tipu Sultan, (Mysore)
* Pope Pius VI
* Empress Catherine II (Russia)
* Emperor Paul (Russia)
* King Charles IV (Spain)
* President George Washington (United States)
* President John Adams (United States)
* Shahs of Persia (Zand dynasty and Qajar dynasty)
# Lotf Ali Khan, 1789-1794
# Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, 1796-1797
# Fath Ali Shah, 1797-1834


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