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Decade
The 1790s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1799 BC to December 31, 1790 BC. During this decade, the Near East was in the midst of the Middle Bronze
1790s_BC
Millennium between 2000 BC and 1001 BC
The 2nd millennium BC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC. In the Ancient Near East, it marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age.
2nd_millennium_BC
further details for each millennium, century and decade from 15,000 BC to AD 3000. The 0s BC and AD are not true decades, as each contains only nine years.
List of decades, centuries, and millennia
List_of_decades,_centuries,_and_millennia
One hundred years, from 1800 BC to 1701 BC
The 18th century BC was the century that lasted from 1800 BC to 1701 BC. 1800 BC: Beginning of the Nordic Bronze Age in the period system devised by Oscar
18th_century_BC
Decade
The 1770s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1779 BC to December 31, 1770 BC. Investiture of Zimri-Lim, a painting of Zimri-Lim receiving the ring
1770s_BC
completed. 1-99 BC – Vitruvius writes De architectura (c. 15 BC). Expansion of Herod the Great's temple begins (c. 37 BC). Pont du Gard (c. 50 BC), Provence
Timeline_of_architecture
Decade
The 1780s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1789 BC to December 31, 1780 BC. c. 1780 BC - The last known population of woolly mammoths on Wrangel
1780s_BC
Country in West Asia
world power, but it lost this status after the Qajars took power in the 1790s. The early 20th century saw the Persian Constitutional Revolution and the
Iran
BC List of political entities in the 2nd century BC List of political entities in the 3rd century BC List of political entities in the 4th century BC
Lists of political entities by century
Lists_of_political_entities_by_century
BC – 2900 BC) Early Dynastic Period (2900 BC – 2270 BC) Akkadian Empire (2334 BC – 2154 BC) Gutian dynasty (2083 BC – 2050 BC) Ur III period (2050 BC
List_of_time_periods
century BC – State leaders in the 17th century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 18th century BC (1800–1701 BC). Egypt:
List of state leaders in the 18th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_18th_century_BC
geometry. Ancient Greek 776–265 BC Roman 753 BC–663 AD Etruscan 700–200 BC Classical 600 BC–323 AD Herodian 37–4 BC (Judea) Early Christian 100–500 Byzantine
List_of_architectural_styles
images of people, animals, or symbols, date to this time period. 4,000–2,000 BC – The first backed stone artifacts developed, such as blades and spears. The
Timeline_of_Sydney
original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016. "1871 - B.C. Joins Confederation". www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-26. "The Pig War - San Juan Island
Timeline of geopolitical changes (1500–1899)
Timeline_of_geopolitical_changes_(1500–1899)
Chronological history of the visual arts by year and decade
1700s – 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s
Timeline_of_art
Citrus fruit
1714. Pieces of peel were first added by Janet Keiller of Dundee in the 1790s, contributing a distinctively bitter taste. Orange peel contains the bitter
Orange_(fruit)
Semi-legendary overthrow of the Roman monarchy and foundation of the republic
an event in ancient Rome that took place between the 6th and 5th centuries BC where a political revolution replaced the then-existing Roman monarchy under
Overthrow of the Roman monarchy
Overthrow_of_the_Roman_monarchy
2011 Hungarian film
set in several different eras, spanning from Biblical creation to 50,000 BC to the distant future, and follows Adam, Eve, and Lucifer as they explore
The_Tragedy_of_Man_(film)
Philosophy of the Western world
the world. The first recognized philosopher, Thales of Miletus (born c. 625 BC in Ionia) identified water as the arche (claiming "all is water"). His use
Western_philosophy
Surname list
commonly found. Following political and religious unrest in Armagh in the 1790s, there was a migration of numbers of Catholic families from the county,
Corvin
18th-century chief of the Tla-o-qui-aht people
what is now Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, in the 1780s and 1790s, during the opening period of European contact with the Pacific Northwest
Wickaninnish
Soft conical cap with the top pulled forward
used in English prints, and from 1789 also in French prints; by the early 1790s, it was regularly used in the Phrygian form. It was adopted in place of
Phrygian_cap
Political philosophy based on tradition
Revolution, is credited as one of the forefathers of conservative thought in the 1790s along with Savoyard statesman Joseph de Maistre. The first established use
Conservatism
Canadian school district
No. 528". bclaws.gov.bc.ca. Province of British Columbia. Retrieved 16 March 2024. List of school districts in British Columbia BC Ministry of Education
School District 70 Pacific Rim
School_District_70_Pacific_Rim
Type of furnace once used widely for smelting iron from its oxides
California, the "Catalan forges" at Mission San Juan Capistrano from the 1790s are the oldest existing facilities of their kind in the present day state
Bloomery
1291–1798 confederation of Swiss cantons
Tagsatzung of 1531 in Baden (1790s drawing)
Old_Swiss_Confederacy
Largest island in British Columbia, Canada
between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Spanish Empire in the early 1790s. The two countries nearly began a war over the issue; the confrontation
Vancouver_Island
Élisabeth Thible of France was the first woman to fly in a hot-air balloon. 1790s – An annual women's association football competition was held in Mid-Lothian
Timeline_of_women's_sports
Kingdom under the direction of Kheti, treasurer to Mentuhotep II (2061–2010 BC). In ancient India, education was mainly imparted through the Vedic and Buddhist
History_of_education
1791–95 British sea voyage exploring the West Coasts of North America and Australia
the Coin: the Viceroy, Bodega y Quadra, Vancouver, and the Nootka Crisis', BC Studies, no.93, 1992, p.19. Hitz, Charles W.(2003). Through the Rapids – The
Vancouver_Expedition
Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-09-25. "Stories Ottoman Objects Tell". mediakron.bc.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-25. "Boudoir cap | American". The Metropolitan Museum
List_of_hat_styles
Gold in Ireland
064 ozt) must be reported. A gold rush occurred in County Wicklow in the 1790s centred around the Goldmines River. Between 1796 and 1860 about 300 kilograms
Irish_gold
History of the English county
building of villas and the landscaping of nature, had already begun in the 1790s, with writers such as Uvedale Price (Essays on the Picturesque, 1794). He
History_of_Cumbria
Bay in British Columbia, Canada
name which survives in some nearby place names, such as Cape Scott. By the 1790s, as the maritime fur trade boomed, indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest
San_Josef_Bay
males who owned land. 1791: the United States Bill of Rights ratified. 1790s: First Party System in U.S. involves invention of locally rooted political
History_of_democracy
[Tigran the Great: The Armenian Struggle Against Rome and Parthia, 94–64 B.C.] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Lusakan Publishing. p. needed. Beate Dignas; Engelbert
List of people known as the Great
List_of_people_known_as_the_Great
Women's short skirt
informal garment. This dress appeared in the United Kingdom from the 1750s to 1790s. The dress consisted of a stayed bodice with somewhat low-cut décolletage
Overskirt
Political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic
republicanism. The revolutionaries, after overthrowing the French monarchy in the 1790s, began by setting up a republic; Napoleon converted it into an Empire with
Republicanism
the 18th to the 4th century BC. "South Picene". Linguist List. Retrieved 2 October 2024. 6th century BC to 4th century BC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated
List of languages by time of extinction
List_of_languages_by_time_of_extinction
Opera by Francesco Bianchi
Bianchi, influencing a popular series of Venetian 'morte' operas in the 1790s. While the murder itself was not shown on the stage, the audience were left
La_morte_di_Cesare
Scottish colonial administrator and explorer
Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. Retrieved 7 December 2024. Wilson 1915, p. 62.
George_Simpson_(businessman)
Province of Canada
compatriots in Louisiana. Their descendants became Cajuns. In the 1780s and 1790s, some Acadians returned to Acadia, and discovered several thousand English
New_Brunswick
Capital and largest city of Armenia
history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BC, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni in 782 BC by King Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme
Yerevan
Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology
Siddons posed for several paintings depicted as Melpomene in the 1780s and 1790s. The 1784 Joshua Reynolds painting Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse is recognized
Melpomene
Castrated male human
produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BC. Over the millennia since, they performed a wide variety of functions in many
Eunuch
Mass murder of Circassians by the Russian Empire
Russians introduced courts in Kabarda (Eastern Circassia) in the early 1790s and declared that the Adyghe Xabze, the Circassian law, had been removed
Circassian_genocide
a considerable number of cats. While he served on a French ship in the 1790s, the leg of another sailor was shot off by cannon fire. Domery grabbed it
List of incidents of cannibalism
List_of_incidents_of_cannibalism
Country Before 1700s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
Timeline_of_national_flags
1700s – 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s
Timeline_of_musical_events
Art museum in Paris, France
limestone Lady of Auxerre, from 640 BC; and the cylindrical Hera of Samos, c. 570–560 BC. After the 4th century BC, focus on the human form increased,
Louvre
Parvorder of mammal
Germany, sometimes collaborating to hunt whales in the Arctic. By the early 1790s, whalers, namely the British (Australian) and Americans, started to focus
Baleen_whale
United States historic place
inhabitants, and dozens of settlers were killed in the late 1780s and early 1790s. Isaac Bledsoe's brother Anthony was killed in an ambush at the fort in
Bledsoe's_Station
Ship mainly propelled by oars
"archipelago frigates" (such as the turuma or pojama) and xebecs, and after the 1790s with various types of gunboats. The documentary evidence for the construction
Galley
1850s American nativist political party
(1983). The Transformation of Political Culture: Massachusetts Parties, 1790s–1840s. Oxford University Press. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-19-503124-9. Ruchames
Know_Nothing
City in Fergana Region, eastern Uzbekistan
Mohammad Amin Muqimi (1850–1903). The Narbutabey Madrassah was built in the 1790s. Its graveyard includes the tomb of Muhammad Umar Khan and his wife, the
Kokand
Stylized lily, heraldic symbol
Achemenid and Ptolemaic province of Yehud (c. 350-200 BC) and Hasmonean-ruled Judah (2nd and 1st century BC). Among the pre-Columbian Maya of Central America
Fleur-de-lis
Information about current events
telegraph came into use in Japan, Britain, France, and Germany from the 1790s through the 1850s. The world's first written news may have originated in
News
People of the Philippines
Inhabitants of Manila 1787 by Gaspard Duché de Vancy Mestizos of Manila circa 1790s A Filipino in 1820 by John Crawfurd Spanish Mestizo Filipinos by Jean Mallat
Filipinos
1789–1795 Spanish settlement on Vancouver Island
other nation from establishing sovereignty. The Nootka Conventions of the 1790s, carried out in part by George Vancouver and his Spanish counterpart Juan
Santa_Cruz_de_Nuca
Wetland in Indiana and Illinois, United States
economies of Indigenous peoples. Indian removals in Indiana began in the 1790s through government treaties. The Kankakee Marsh was acquired via five specific
Grand_Kankakee_Marsh
use of smoke signals and drums in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In the 1790s, the first fixed semaphore systems emerged in Europe. However, it was not
History_of_telecommunication
economic development. Domination by France during the French Revolution (1790s to 1815), however, produced important institutional reforms, that included
History_of_Germany
Iron Age carved stone head from Ireland
comparable to the now-lost 1.8-metre (6 ft) wooden structure found in the 1790s in a bog near Aghadowey, County Londonderry, which was originally capped
Corleck_Head
Track and field event
established by the German teacher Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths in the 1790s. It has been a full medal event at the Olympic Games since 1896 for men
Pole_vault
completion of BC Route "A" in 1928, automobiles had to enter the United States to travel from BC to eastern Canada. The mining frontier in BC led to the
History_of_British_Columbia
Classical story of Cupid and Psyche
peak of interest in Cupid and Psyche occurred in the Paris of the late 1790s and early 1800s, reflected in a proliferation of opera, ballet, Salon art
Cupid_and_Psyche
Common name for several currencies
The history of the rupee traces back to Ancient India circa 3rd century BC. Ancient India was one of the earliest issuers of coins in the world, along
Rupee
Comic originating in Canada
across the nation ran their own versions of the cartoon in support, until the BC Court of Appeal reversed the ruling in 1980, deeming the cartoon "fair comment"
Canadian_comics
rice, and tobacco (cotton did not become a major crop until after the 1790s). In 1720, about 65% of South Carolina's population was enslaved. Planters
Slavery_in_the_United_States
First rockets
effectively against the British East India Company during the 1780s and 1790s. Their conflicts with the company exposed the British to this technology
History_of_rockets
Group of phyllosilicate minerals
Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. 喜多川歌麿筆, Kitagawa Utamaro (1790s), "茶托を持つ難波屋おきた" [Okita of Naniwaya with a tea cup], Colbase – Tokyo National
Mica
Nootka Sound during the heyday of the maritime fur trade in the 1780s and 1790s, worshipped at the Yuquot Whalers Shrine, which was eventually sold to an
Whaling on the Pacific Northwest Coast
Whaling_on_the_Pacific_Northwest_Coast
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
1770s and in Europe in the 1780s. The Federalist/Republican split of the 1790s divided them, however, and Adams felt betrayed by Jefferson's sponsorship
Thomas_Jefferson
Shaped head covering
and worship. While there are not many official records of hats before 3,000 BC, they probably were commonplace before that. The 27,000-to-30,000-year-old
Hat
Chain of stratovolcanoes in western North America
marine trade in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound proceeded in the 1790s and beyond, the summits of Rainier and Baker became familiar to captains
Cascade_Volcanoes
Stratified complex society
Race and the Meaning of Civilization in the United States and Australia, 1790s–1850s". Journal of World History. 20 (2): 245–272. doi:10.1353/jwh.0.0047
Civilization
Acts of robbery or criminality at sea
Island was also associated with river pirates and counterfeiters in the late 1790s. In 1809, the last major river pirate activity took place on the Upper Mississippi
Piracy
Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945) John Buckley (born 1951) Olivia Buckley (born mid-1790s – after 1845) Harold Budd (1936–2020) Margaret Buechner (1922–1998) Eivind
List_of_composers_by_name
chemistry represents a time span from ancient history to the present. By 1000 BC, civilizations used technologies that would eventually form the basis of the
History_of_chemistry
1789–1799 sociopolitical change in France
Timeline Ancient Prehistory Greek colonies 600 BC – 49 BC Celtic Gaul until 50 BC Roman Gaul 50 BC – 486 AD Middle Ages Francia and the Frankish settlement
French_Revolution
Capital and largest city of Wales
Castle. A racecourse, printing press, bank and coffee house opened in the 1790s and Cardiff gained a stagecoach service to London. Despite these improvements
Cardiff
Mesopotamia, which dates back as far as 4000 BC). Slavery features in the Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (c. 1750 BC), which refers to it as an established
History_of_slavery
Traditional clothing worn by the Yup'ik people of Alaska
(later formed the basis for the Russian-American Company). By the late 1790s, these had become permanent settlements of the Russian America (1799-1867)
Yupʼik_clothing
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1809 to 1817
and was a close adviser to President George Washington. During the early 1790s, Madison opposed the economic program and the accompanying centralization
James_Madison
Historic Haida village in British Columbia, Canada
dominated the sea otter pelt trade in the Haida Gwaii area from the mid-1790s to the 1840s (Lyle Dick, Parks Canada, pers. comm. 2001)." This trade is
Kiusta
City in Tennessee, United States
University of Tennessee (UTK), which has operated in the city since the 1790s. As of 2011, UTK had an enrollment of over 27,000 and endowments of over
Knoxville,_Tennessee
Personifications of the concept of Liberty
Liberty still appealed, and was now sometimes just labelled "America". In the 1790s Columbia, who had been sometimes present in literature for some decades
Liberty_(personification)
Predominantly Scottish cloth pattern
of social class), but even influential Edinburgh ladies, well into the 1790s. By the beginning of the 18th century, there was also some demand for tartan
Tartan
1736–1796 Iranian dynasty of Turkoman origin
BC Kura-Araxes culture (3400–2000 BC) Proto-Elamite civilization (3100–2700 BC) Elamite dynasties (2700–540 BC) Akkadian Empire (c.2334 BC–c.2154 BC)
Afsharid_dynasty
Collection of teaware and utensils
the new building in 1756. Mass production of European tea sets started in 1790s, but they were still expensive and remained a privilege of the wealthy;
Tea_set
Hungarian play written by Imre Madách
likely around 75,000 BC. SCENE 3 – Outside the Garden of Eden at the Beginning of Human History. SCENE 4 – Egypt, c. 2686-2648 BC. Adam is a Pharaoh, most
The_Tragedy_of_Man
U.S. state
measles killed a fifth of Hawaiʻi's people. During the 1780s and early 1790s, the Hawaiian Islands were divided among several warring chiefdoms. In 1795
Hawaii
United States historic place
from the John Reynolds plantation, including pendants made by slaves from 1790s Spanish coins, and material related to colonial salt production. The major
Grave_Creek_Mound
Southeast Asian ethnic group
crops, regionalism and factionism tore the Vietnamese apart. From 1533 to 1790s, four powerful Vietnamese families – Mạc, Lê, Trịnh and Nguyễn – each ruled
Viet_people
Ruins in Santorini
created through the volcanic activity (likely in an eruption dated to 68,000 B.C) of the nearby Santorini caldera, and has since been further shaped by erosion
Skaros
was said. The modern era of French education began in the 1790s. The Revolution in the 1790s abolished the traditional universities. Napoleon sought to
History_of_France
Various types of red-colored pottery
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Utilitarian glazed water jar Platter, 1790s, slip decoration, Norwalk, Connecticut "Red ware" is widely used in archaeology
Redware
arrived there. Agriculture then came around 4500 BC. Iron technology came with the Celts around 350 BC. From the 12th century to the 1970s, most Irish
Economic_history_of_Ireland
kingdom. 16th century BC palace of an unknown king, Ballas 14th century BC palace of Amenhotep III in Malkata (or Malqata), Luxor 1346 BC Amarna palaces of
List_of_palaces_in_Egypt
Artistic style in Europe and colonies, c. 1730–1780
The intoxication of wine by Claude Michel (Clodion), terracotta, 1780s–1790s Rococo sculpture was theatrical, sensual and dynamic, giving a sense of
Rococo
1790S BC
1790S BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Shapley.Thomas Shapleigh (1765–1800), born in Kittery MA, was librarian of Harvard College in the 1790s.
Girl/Female
Spanish
The gypsy female lead in a 1970s soap opera.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : probably from a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman French personal name or nickname Avenant ‘suitable’ or ‘handsome’.Family historians record an Isham Avent in the Carolinas in the 1760s. His father was Colonel Thomas Avent from England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Col. Thomas Cresap (1694–1790), Maryland surveyor, was born in 1694 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, and came to MD in 1710.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. The name is now found only in Hampshire, but was formerly more widespread.Iranian : from a female personal name, Parvin, Persian name of the Pleiades (constellation).In the 1720s Francis (1700–67) Parvin came from Northallerton, Yorkshire, England to Berks County, PA. Notable bearers of the name in the U.S. have included Theodore Sutton Parvin (1817–1901), an IA lawyer, and Theodore Parvin (1829–98), a PA gynecologist and obstetrician.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the vocabulary word maverick, originally MAVERICK means "unbranded range animal." This was the surname of Samuel Maverick (1803-1870), a Texas cattleman who refused to brand his cattle. Its use as a personal name first began in the early 1990s after the release of the movie "Maverick" starring Mel Gibson. The sense of "unconventional person," is first recorded in 1886, and seems to have developed from the notion of being "independent, masterless."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan).Chinese : from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan (see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei, who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia (1879–1849 bc). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.Chinese : there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.Chinese : variant of Lang.Cambodian : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, so named from Old English hlinc ‘hillside’, or from either of two places in Norfolk and Lincolnshire named Ling, from Old Norse lyng ‘ling’, ‘heather’. There is also a Lyng in Somerset, so named from Old English lengen ‘long place’.German : variant of Link.Chinese : from a word meaning ‘ice’. In ancient times, the imperial palace was able to enjoy ice in the summer by storing winter ice in a cellar, entrusting its care to an official called the iceman. This post was once filled during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) by a descendant of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who had been granted the state of Wei soon after the establishment of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of this particular iceman adopted the word for ice, ling, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of northern English Aculf, from an Old Norse personal name Agúlfr ‘terror wolf’.Probably also of German origin : an Americanized form of Eckhoff or Eickhoff.The name first appears in North America in VA and PA in the early 1700s and later became concentrated in the Appalachian regions of NC and TN. The earliest records of Acuff occur with the personal names Timothy and David, indicating (in PA at least) Episcopal Church membership, thereby implying English origin, although no records of the name have been found in England.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lecatt, which is most probably a variant of Leggett.John Lecatt was born in VA during 1642. His descendants have borne the surnames Lecatt, Lecat, Lecate, Lecates, Lecato, Lekate, Lekates, Lekites, and Legates. The family lived first in Accomack Co., VA. By the 1790s most had moved north to MD and DE.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived ‘at the gate’, i.e. one of the gates of a medieval city. However, in northern counties, Middle English gate (from Old Norse gata) also meant ‘street’, and in some instances the surname may derive from this sense.Southern Italian : from the Greek personal name Agathē meaning ‘virtuous’, ‘honest’.Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as ag-tay : Hindu (Brahman) name, from Marathi ag̣te ‘live coal’ (from Sanskrit agni ‘fire’).Thomas Agate, a native of Shipley in Yorkshire, settled in Sparta, NY, in the 1790s.
Girl/Female
Spanish American
The Gypsy title character of a Spanish soap opera from the 1970s.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English lang, long ‘long’ + strete ‘road’.Translation of Dutch Langestraet, cognate with 1.The confederate general James Longstreet (1821–1904), was born in SC, came from an old Dutch family in New Netherland with the name Langestraet; he was the nephew of Augustus B. Longstreet, a Methodist clergyman born in Augusta, GA, in 1790.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Aldrich or Aldridge. A few bearers of the name are recorded in southern England in the 17th–19th centuries, but the name appears to have died out in Britain.Isaac Arledge died in Fairfield co., SC, in 1790. He was a slave owner; many present-day bearers are African Americans.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Bartlet, a pet form of Bartholomew.This is the name of a well-established New England family. Its members include Josiah Bartlett (1729–95), who was born in Amesbury, MA, and became governor of NH (1790–94). A Richard Bartlet(t) settled in Newbury, MA, in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rhodes.German : variant spelling of Rohde (see Rode), principally a habitational name from any of various places named Rohde or Rohden in Lower Saxony, Saxony, Westphalia, and Hesse.According to family tradition, a certain John Rhode (1752–1840) was a Quaker who came to SC from Germany in the 1770s and served as a baggageman or teamster during the American Revolution.
Female
English
English pet form of Greek Tabitha, TABBY means "female gazelle." In the late 1700s, this name was used as a slang term for a spinster or cranky old woman.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. In PA in the 18th century this surname alternated with Diddle, likewise unexplained. The Shropshire connection suggests a possible Welsh origin, but no relevant Welsh name has been identified.William Aduddel (also known as William Adiddle or Diddle) born in 1702/03 in Astly Abbott, Shropshire, England, migrated in the 1740s to PA from England. He and a relative, Thomas Aduddell, both bought land from descendants of William Penn.
1790S BC
1790S BC
Girl/Female
Tamil
Possessive
Girl/Female
Tamil
Cultivator, Lioness, Happiness
Surname or Lastname
English (now chiefly Lancashire)
English (now chiefly Lancashire) : from an unattested Old English personal name, Wilding, a derivative of Old English wilde ‘wild’, ‘savage’. It is also possible that it may be from a topographical term derived from the same vocabulary word. Compare Wild, but early forms with prepositions are not found.German : patronymic from Wilto, a short form of a Germanic personal name beginning with wild ‘wild’.
Biblical
same as Hadadezer
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Bird
Female
Greek
(ΑμÏντα) Feminine form of Greek Amyntas, AMYNTA means "defender."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Name of a Goddess, Beautiful eyed
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
To Live with Glory
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beasley.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Intelligent
1790S BC
1790S BC
1790S BC
1790S BC
1790S BC
n.
The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
n.
One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.