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 |
Events and trends
- 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.
- 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.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on December 5, 1791.
- Lions became extinct in Egypt by this time.
- Canal Mania broke out in the United Kingdom.
- John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson's Iron Madness reached 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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