ndee and Brittany; massacres
at Avignon, Marseilles, and Aix.

A new constitution adopted by the King and Diet of Poland, which gives
offence to Catharine of Russia.

Hungary secures constitutional liberties from Leopold II; the rights of
Protestants sanctioned.

1792. Washington reelected President of the United States. The national
mint established at Philadelphia. Admission of Kentucky into the Union.

Confiscation of the property of the French _Emigres_; a Girondist
ministry formed by Louis XVI; he is compelled to declare war against
Austria and Prussia. See "REPUBLICAN FRANCE DEFIES EUROPE: BATTLE OF
VALMY," xiv, 252.

1793. Congress passes the first fugitive-slave law of the United States.
Washington begins his second administration.

"INVENTION OF THE COTTON-GIN." See xiv, 271.

"EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI: MURDER OF MARAT: CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE." See xiv,
295.

Toulon retaken by the French from the English; Napoleon Bonaparte
commands the French artillery.

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 Vendemiaire; government
of the Directory.

Formation of the Orange Society in Ireland.

Third partition of Poland.

1796. Tennessee admitted into the Union. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
elected President and Vice-President of the United States. Publication
of Washington's Farewell Address.

Bonaparte given command of the French in Italy; Sardinia submits; the
Austrians driven from Lombardy; the Cispadane Republic formed.
Unsuccessful attempt of the French on Ireland.

"RISE OF NAPOLEON: FRENCH CON