What Happened In December 1790 In History

Historical Events for December, 1790

• 6th » The Congress of the United States or U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
• 17th » Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.
• 22nd » The Turkey or Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• 26th » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
• 31st » 'Efimeris', the oldest Greece known as Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today is published for the first time.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1790

• 16th » Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
• 23rd » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (d. 1832)
• 31st » Antonie Adamberger, Austrian actress (d. 1867)

Famous Deaths for December 1790

• 12th » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)

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