Editing 1794 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The [[Stibo]] Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in [[Aarhus]] (Denmark).
* [[January 13]] &ndash; The [[U.S. Congress]] enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a [[Flag of the United States#Later flag acts|United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes]], in recognition of the recent admission of [[Vermont]] and [[Kentucky]] as the 14th and 15th states.<ref>"Flag of the United States". ''The Port Folio'' (July, 1818) p. 18.</ref> A subsequent act restores the number of stripes to 13, but provides for additional stars upon the admission of each additional state.
* [[January 21]] &ndash; King [[George III of Great Britain]] delivers the speech opening Parliament and recommends a continuation of Britain's war with France.
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: The [[National Convention]] of the [[French First Republic]] abolishes slavery.
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Wreck of the Ten Sail]] on [[Grand Cayman]].
* [[February 11]] &ndash; The first session of the [[United States Senate]] is open to the public.
* [[March 4]] &ndash; The [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is passed by Congress for submission to the states for ratification.<ref name=Harper>{{cite book|title=Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909|editor1-first=Benson John|editor1-last=Lossing|editor2-first=Woodrow|editor2-last=Wilson|publisher=Harper & Brothers|year=1910|page=170}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] &ndash; Canonsburg Academy (modern-day [[Washington & Jefferson College]]) is chartered by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.<ref>{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=Helen Turnbull Waite|title=Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh Press]]|year=1956|url=https://archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp|oclc=2191890|page=[https://archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp/page/n257 204]}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] &ndash; General [[Antoni Madaliński]], a commander of the [[National Cavalry]] in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], disobeys an order from the ruling [[Russian Empire]] and [[Kingdom of Prussia]] imposing [[demobilization]], advancing his troops from [[Ostrołęka]] to [[Kraków]].
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Eli Whitney]] is granted a United States [[patent]] for the [[cotton gin]].
* [[March 22]] &ndash; Congress prohibits American ships from supplying slaves to any nation other than the United States, setting a penalty of forfeiture of the ship and a $2,000 fine.<ref name=Harper/>
* [[March 23]] &ndash; British troops capture [[Martinique]] from the [[France|French]].<ref name="The People's Chronology1">{{cite book|chapter=1794|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006|url=http://www.enotes.com/peoples-chronology|access-date=2007-06-05|archive-date=August 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822205439/http://www.enotes.com/peoples-chronology/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] makes [[Kościuszko's proclamation|his proclamation]] starting the [[Kościuszko Uprising]] against the [[Russian Empire]] and [[Kingdom of Prussia]] in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and [[Prussian Partition]].
* [[March 26]] &ndash; The U.S. lays a 60-day embargo on all shipping to and from Great Britain.<ref name=Harper/>
* [[March 27]]
**The United States Government authorizes the building of the first six [[United States Navy]] vessels; in [[1797]] the first three frigates, {{USS|United States|1797|2}}, {{USS|Constellation|1797|2}} and {{USS|Constitution||2}} will go into service (not to be confused with October 13, 1775, which is observed as the Navy's Birthday).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/birthday.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101222021/http://www.history.navy.mil/birthday.htm|url-status=dead|title=Navy's Birthday|archivedate=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
**The U.S. Senate passes a rule ending its policy of closing all of its sessions to the public.<ref name=Harper/>