Mary Wollstonecraft's The Female Reader is published under the name Mr. Creswick. July 14 - French Revolution begins. February 17 - Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man II is published, to which the British government soon replies with an indictment of treason. Paine flees to France where he argues against execution of King Louis XVI and in favor of bannishment instead. Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of Rights of Woman is published.
Reviews are favorable, with few exceptions, and a second edition soon follows.
August 4 - Percy Bysshe Shelley is born. December - Mary Wollstonecraft travels to Paris for the purpose of gathering material for a book on the French Revolution. 1793 January - The King of France is executed. February - William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice is published. War with France is declared.