This Year in History:
1790
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
On January 8, 1790, President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address to the assembled Congress in New York City. Washington began by congratulating North Carolina’s recent…
In the Royal Exchange Building on New York City’s Broad Street, the Supreme Court of the United States meets for the first time, with Chief Justice John Jay of New…
On April 17, 1790, American statesman, printer, scientist and writer Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia at age 84. Born in Boston in 1706, Franklin became at 12 years old an…
On July 16, 1790, the young American Congress declares that a swampy, humid, muddy and mosquito‑infested site on the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia will be the nation’s permanent…
