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What Happened In May 1794 In History

Historical Events for May, 1794

  • 1st » War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French First Republic or French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793.
  • 7th » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre e.g Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
  • 8th » Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by French Revolution named revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the 'Ferme Générale', is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1794

  • 13th » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
  • 17th » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author (d. 1860)
  • 23rd » Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1870)
  • 24th » William Whewell, English priest and philosopher (d. 1866)
  • 27th » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1877)
  • 29th » Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)

Famous Deaths for May 1794

  • 8th » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)

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