A new mulatto insurrection begins in the South Province. An unsuccessful bid for independence in Venezuela is led by Francisco de Miranda, a Creole. Zebulon Pike explores the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. The United States suffers from restrictions on trade to Europe.
Coal gas is added to candlewax and whale oil as a source of lamp fuel.
Congress appropriates funds for a road along the Cumberland Trail from Maryland to Ohio and the Natchez Trace from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville. Webster's first Dictionary. Unperturbed the Emperor places his brothers on the thrones of Holland and Naples. Ireland suffers a potato crop failure. American cotton and other products become scarce everywhere in Europe.