Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, PC, FRS (9 March 1720 – 16 May 1790), styled Viscount Royston between 1754 and 1764, was an English politician and writer.
1790May, 16
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
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- 8Jan
State of the Union address
George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City. - 11Feb
Abolitionism in the United States
The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery. - 29May
Thirteen Colonies
Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state. - 31Jul
Potash
The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. - 4Aug
United States Revenue Cutter Service
A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).