Further partition of Poland; the western portion annexed by Prussia; she also seizes Dantzic, a free city; Russia takes the more eastern provinces.
Volta makes known his galvanic battery.
1794. Battle of Maumee Rapids; the power of the Miamis broken by General Wayne. The great Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania. Jay arranges a treaty with Great Britain.
Climax of the Reign of Terror in France; fall and death of Danton; Robespierre and the Jacobin Club both fall. See "The Reign of Terror," xiv, [311].
Victory of the English, under Lord Howe, over the French fleet.
"Downfall of Poland." See xiv, [330].
Trial in England of Hardy, Horne Tooke, and others for constructive high treason.
1795. Sale of the Western Reserve (in Ohio) of Connecticut.
Holland completely conquered by the French; insurrection in Paris by the bourgeois against the Convention; the Constitution of the year 111 adopted; Bonaparte crushes the insurrection of Vendémiaire; government of the Directory.
Formation of the Orange Society in Ireland.