1790s
Post-revolution American era
The 1790s refers to the decade spanning from 1790 to 1799.
In American history, it marks the early years of the new republic under the Constitution, including George Washington's presidency and the emergence of partisan politics.
In European history, the decade is dominated by the French Revolution and its aftermath, including the Reign of Terror and Napoleon's rise.
Like other decade terms, it functions as a noun typically preceded by "the."
Vertical beheading apparatus
- BastilleParis fortress-prison
- RobespierreRevolutionary who devoured himself
- Reign of TerrorRevolutionary mass execution period
- JacobinsFrench revolutionary faction
Louis XVI · Marie Antoinette · sans-culottes · Marat · National Convention · Thermidorian Reaction · Tuileries · émigrés
U.S. seat of government
- AdamsCommon presidential surname
- JeffersonThird American president
- HamiltonFirst Treasury secretary
- MadisonWisconsin's governmental seat
Constitution · Bill of Rights · Federalist Papers · Democratic-Republicans · Whiskey Rebellion · Treaty of Greenville · Quasi-War · ratification
Bonaparte's military campaigns
- Haitian RevolutionSuccessful slave rebellion, 1790s
- Napoleon BonaparteFrench military dictator
- cotton ginFiber-seed separating machine
- Eli WhitneyCotton gin's creator
guillotine
Vertical beheading apparatus
- BastilleParis fortress-prison
- RobespierreRevolutionary who devoured himself
- Reign of TerrorRevolutionary mass execution period
Louis XVI · Marie Antoinette · Jacobins · sans-culottes · Marat · National Convention · Thermidorian Reaction · Tuileries · émigrés · September Massacres
Washington
U.S. seat of government
Madison · Constitution · Bill of Rights · Federalist Papers · Democratic-Republicans · Whiskey Rebellion · Treaty of Greenville · Quasi-War · ratification · federalism
Napoleonic Wars
Bonaparte's military campaigns
- Haitian RevolutionSuccessful slave rebellion, 1790s
- Napoleon BonaparteFrench military dictator
- cotton ginFiber-seed separating machine
neoclassicism
Movement emulating antiquity's forms
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- RadcliffeFormer women's college, Cambridge
- BlakeAnglo-Saxon personal name
Wordsworth · Coleridge · Goya · Haydn · Mozart · Beethoven · breeches · salons
1790s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
2010s · 21st century · antiquity · modern era · distant future
1790s1950s
Decade after WWII
Victorian era · 1920s · Gilded Age · 1850s · 1890s
1790sdigital age
Epoch of computerized life
information age · 2000s · space age · atomic age · smartphone era