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  • Manchester, United Kingdom
    1794
    Robert Fulton

    Moved to Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom
    1794

    In 1794, he moved to Manchester to gain practical knowledge of English canal engineering. While there he became friendly with Robert Owen, a cotton manufacturer and early socialist. Owen agreed to finance the development and promotion of Fulton's designs for inclined planes and earth-digging machines; he was instrumental in introducing the American to a canal company, which awarded him a sub-contract. But Fulton was not successful at this practical effort and he gave up the contract after a short time.




  • England, United Kingdom
    1794
    Robert Fulton

    Steam power of boats

    England, United Kingdom
    1794

    He obtained a patent for this idea in 1794 and also began working on ideas for the steam power of boats. He published a pamphlet about canals and patented the dredging machine and several other inventions.




  • Saorge, Alpes-Maritimes, France
    Thursday Apr 24, 1794
    Napoleon

    Battle of Saorgio

    Saorge, Alpes-Maritimes, France
    Thursday Apr 24, 1794

    The French army carried out Bonaparte's plan in the Battle of Saorgio in April 1794, and then advanced to seize Ormea in the mountains. From Ormea, they headed west to outflank the Austro-Sardinian positions around Saorge. After this campaign, Augustin Robespierre sent Bonaparte on a mission to the Republic of Genoa to determine that country's intentions towards France.




  • Vienna, Austria
    1794
    Beethoven

    Beethoven Expected to Return to Bonn

    Vienna, Austria
    1794

    With Haydn's departure for England in 1794, Beethoven was expected by the Elector to return home to Bonn. He chose instead to remain in Vienna, continuing his instruction in counterpoint with Johann Albrechtsberger and other teachers. In any case, by this time it must have seemed clear to his employer that Bonn would fall to the French, as it did in October 1794, effectively leaving Beethoven without a stipend or the necessity to return. However, a number of Viennese noblemen had already recognised his ability and offered him financial support, among them Prince Joseph Franz Lobkowitz, Prince Karl Lichnowsky, and Baron Gottfried van Swieten.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Aug 21, 1794
    George Washington

    American army under Wayne's leadership defeated the western confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers

    U.S.
    Thursday Aug 21, 1794

    On August 24, the American army under Wayne's leadership defeated the western confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and the Treaty of Greenville in August 1795 opened up two-thirds of the Ohio Country for American settlement.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Nov 19, 1794
    George Washington

    Jay Treaty

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Nov 19, 1794

    Hamilton formulated the Jay Treaty to normalize trade relations with Great Britain while removing them from western forts, and also to resolve financial debts remaining from the Revolution. Chief Justice John Jay acted as Washington's negotiator and signed the treaty on November 19, 1794; critical Jeffersonians, however, supported France. Washington deliberated, then supported the treaty because it avoided war with Britain, but was disappointed that its provisions favored Britain.




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