What Happened in 1794

Johann Peter Frank Recognizes Difference Between Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus

Frank is without doubt one of the most influential figures in the early history of public health and community medicine. In addition to his System,... Read more

Andrew Jackson And Rachel Jackson Legally Get Married

This marriage was later deemed invalid, because Rachel's divorce had not yet, in fact, become final. They remarried, this time legally, on January... Read more

The Last Edition of Jacques Hebert's Le Pere Duchesne is Produced

Le Père Duchesne (Old Man Duchesne or Father Duchesne) was an extreme radical newspaper during the French Revolution, edited by Jacques Hébert, who... Read more

The National Convention Establishes the Cult of the Supreme Being

The Cult of the Supreme Being (French: Culte de l'Être suprême) was a form of deism devised by Maximilien Robespierre, intended to become the state... Read more

Law of 22 Prairial

Every citizen is empowered to seize conspirators and counterrevolutionaries, and to bring them before the magistrates. He is required to denounce... Read more

Battle of Fleurus

In the Battle of Fleurus (26 June 1794) French forces under Jourdan defeated an Austrian army under Saxe-Cobourg in one of the most decisive... Read more

Thermidorian Reaction

The Thermidorian Reaction was a revolt in the French Revolution against the excesses of the Reign of Terror. It was triggered by a vote of the... Read more