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Octavo, in contemporary full tree calf, joints and hinges are sound. Slight grazing boards, two nice lettering pieces. xxv,422,124,282p. Contents include Naval affairs, Bill to Abolish the Slave Trade, France, emancipation of negroes in St Domingo, armies in Flanders, message from Washington to congress, a turkish harem at Aleppo, Tippoo Sultan. For a further flavour I include below Wiki's entry for the year 1794 : Events[edit]JanuaryJune[edit]February 4 The French First Republic abolishes slavery.February 11 The first session of the United States Senate is open to the public.March 11 Canonsburg Academy (now Washington & Jefferson College) is chartered by the General Assembly.[1]March 12 General Antoni Madalinski, a commander of the National Cavalry in the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, disobeys an order from the ruling Russian Empire and Kingdom of Prussia imposing demobilization, advancing his troops from Ostroleka to Kraków.March 14 Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.March 24 Tadeusz Kosciuszko makes his proclamation starting the Kosciuszko Uprising against the Russian Empire and Kingdom of Prussia in the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth and Prussian Partition.March 27 The United States Government authorizes the building of the first six United States Navy vessels (in 1797 the first three frigates, United States, Constellation (1797) and Constitution go into service), not to be confused with October 13, 1775, which is observed as the Navy's Birthday.April 4 Battle of Raclawice: Polish supporters of the Kosciuszko Uprising defeat forces of the Russian Empire.April 5 French Revolution: Georges Danton is executed.April 1719 Kosciuszko Uprising Warsaw Uprising: The Polish people overthrow the Russian garrison in Warsaw.April 29May 1 Battle of Boulou: The French defeat the Spanish and Portuguese forces.May 7 French Revolution: Robespierre establishes the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic.May 8 French Revolution: Chemist Antoine Lavoisier is executed by guillotine.May 18 Battle of Tourcoing: French troops defeat British forces.May 28June 1 The Glorious First of June (Battle of Ushant): British and French ships battle to a draw.June 4 British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.June 17The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom is established.Battle of Mykonos: The British Royal Navy captures French frigate Sibylle.June 24 Bowdoin College is founded in Brunswick, Maine.June 26 Battle of Fleurus: French forces defeat the Austrians and their allies, leading to permanent loss of the Austrian Netherlands and destruction of the Dutch Republic. French use of an observation balloon marks the first participation of an aircraft in battle.JulyDecember[edit]July 12 Horatio Nelson loses the sight in his right eye in a British military operation at Calvi in Corsica.July 13September 6 Kosciuszko Uprising Siege of Warsaw: The Polish people resist a siege by armies of the Russian Empire and Kingdom of Prussia.July 27 (9 Thermidor) Thermidorian Reaction: Robespierre is arrested on the orders of the French National Convention; he is executed the next day, ending the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.August 20 Battle of Fallen Timbers in Northwestern Ohio.August 29 Stonyhurst College is finally established as a Roman Catholic school in Lancashire, England, having had several European locations.September 10 The University of Tennessee is established at Knoxville.October A Federal army quells the Whiskey Rebellion in the United States.October 10 Battle of Maciejowice: Forces of the Russian Empire defeat Polish supporters of the Kosciuszko Uprising; Tadeusz Kosciuszko is wounded and captured.November 4 Battle of Praga: Russian General Alexander Suvorov storms Warsaw in the war against the Polish Kosciuszko Uprising and captures Praga, one of its suburbs, killing many civilians.November 14 The first recorded meeting of the Franklin Literar. Seller Inventory # 22556
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