* John Austin ( legal philosopher ) ( 1790 – 1859 ), English jurist

* 1724 – Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and statesman, signer of United States Declaration of Independence ( d. 1790 )

* 1790 – William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician ( d. 1872 )

* 1790 – The first US Census is conducted.

* Wiguläus von Kreittmayr ( 1705 – 1790 ): by marriage Lord of Offenstetten and Hatzkofen

* 1726 – James Bowdoin, American politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts ( d. 1790 )

* 1790 – Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and politician ( d. 1838 )

* 1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service ( the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard ).

* 1767 – Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg ( d. 1790 )

* Two poets, Johann Peter Uz ( 1720 – 1796 ) and August von Platen-Hallermünde ( 1790 – 1835 ), were also born there.

* Benjamin Franklin 1706 – 1790 Text of biography by Rev.

But John Austin ( 1790 – 1859 ), an early positivist, applied utilitarianism in accepting the calculating nature of human beings and the existence of an objective morality.

The town was finally reconstructed by sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah ( 1756 – 1790 ), the grandson of Moulay Ismail and ally of George Washington with the help of Spaniards from the nearby emporium.

* 1790 – King Leopold I of Belgium ( d. 1865 )

* 1790 – The U. S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

* 1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

* 1721 – François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher ( d. 1790 )

David Brewster was born at the Canongate in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire to Margaret Key ( 1753 – 1790 ) and James Brewster ( c. 1735 – 1815 ), the rector of Jedburgh Grammar School and a teacher of high reputation.

* 1865 – King Leopold I of Belgium ( b. 1790 )

* 1790 – The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies.

* 1730 – Capel Bond, English organist and composer ( d. 1790 )

Major ENSO events were recorded in the years 1790 – 93, 1828, 1876 – 78, 1891, 1925 – 26, 1972 – 73, 1982 – 83, 1997 – 98 and 2009 – 2010, with 1997-1998 being one of the strongest ever.

Foremost among these was the Jacobin Club ; 152 members had affiliated with the Jacobins by 10 August 1790.

* 1752 – Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboist and composer ( d. 1790 )

Following his April 1789 inauguration, President George Washington occupied two executive mansions in New York City: the Samuel Osgood House at 3 Cherry Street ( April 1789 – February 1790 ), and the Alexander Macomb House at 39 – 41 Broadway ( February – August 1790 ).

* August 6 – Christian Eric Fahlcrantz, Swedish writer ( b. 1790 )

* August 4 – David Hansemann, Prussian politician ( b. 1790 )

* September 26 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer ( b. 1790 )

* August 26 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l ' Isle, French geologist ( d. 1790 )

* August 7 – James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician ( d. 1790 )

It was performed twice in June 1790, with the composer conducting the second performance, and again in July ( twice ) and August ( once ).

In Naples on 15 August 1790 by proxy and in Vienna on 19 September 1790 in person, Ferdinand married firstly his double first cousin, the Princess ( later Grand Duchess ) Luisa of Naples and Sicily ( 1773-1802 ), daughter of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Marie Caroline of Austria.

* was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate launched in August 1774, on harbour service from 1790 and broken up in 1807.

In August 1790, after a vehement debate, he fought a duel with Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès, in which the latter was slightly wounded.

John Patten, the master of an English merchant ship, and part of his crew lived on Tristan from August 1790 to April 1791, during which time they captured 3600 seals.

In later years Tieck carried on a varied literary activity as critic ( Dramaturgische Blätter, 2 vols., 1825 – 1826 ; Kritische Schriften, 2 vols., 1848 ); he also edited the translation of Shakespeare by August Wilhelm Schlegel, who was assisted by Tieck's daughter Dorothea ( 1790 – 1841 ) and by Wolf Heinrich, Graf von Baudissin ( 1789 – 1878 ); Shakespeares Vorschule ( 2 vols., 1823 – 1829 ); the works of Heinrich von Kleist ( 1826 ) and of Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz ( 1828 ).

* August 5-Luigi Legnani, guitarist and composer ( b. 1790 )

* August 31-Ignaz Assmayer, composer ( b. 1790 )

Johann Albrecht Friedrich August Meineke ( December 8, 1790 – December 12, 1870 ), German classical scholar, was born at Soest in Westphalia.

By 10 August 1790 there were already one hundred and fifty-two affiliated clubs ; the attempts at counter-revolution led to a great increase of their number in the spring of 1791, and by the close of the year the Jacobins had a network of branches all over France.

Armfelt distinguished himself in the later phases of the Russo-Swedish War, eventually becoming the Swedish plenipotentiary who negotiated the war's demise with the Treaty of Värälä in August 1790.

* August 24-Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and critic ( born 1790 )

President George Washington remembered the Jewish contribution when he wrote to the Sephardic congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, in a letter dated August 17, 1790: