Aiden Gilmore By mrsbrowningshistoryclass Feb 6, 1789 George Washington is our first President George Washington is elected President in 1789 Feb 6, 1789 The French revolution begins Period: Feb 7, 1789 to Feb 7, 1800 Timeline about America: 1789-1800 Feb 8, 1793 French revolutionaries behead King Louis XVl Feb 8, 1794 The Whiskey Rebellion begins in Pensylvania Feb 8, 1795 Native Americans leaders sign the Treaty of Greenville Dec 7, 1796 John Adams is elected President on December 7 Feb 8, 1799 The Rosetta Stone is discovered in Egypt. Inscriptions on the stone make it possible for researchers to read Egyptian hieroglyphics. Dec 14, 1799 George Washington dies at Mount Vernon, Virginia on December 14