Timeline July 1790

Events in July 1790 3

• 1723 – 1790 Adam Smith (1723-1790) Died 17 July 1790, aged 67 Adam Smith, the Scottish economist and philosopher, died in Edinburgh. His work "The Wealth of Nations" laid the intellectual foundations of modern economics.
• 1790 Civil Constitution of the Clergy Enacted French National Assembly subordinates the Catholic Church to the state The French National Assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, reorganizing the Catholic Church in France and requiring clergy to swear an oath of loyalty to the state. The measure deeply divided the French clergy and population, fueling counter-revolutionary sentiment.
• 1790 Residence Act Establishes U.S. Capital Site Congress selects the Potomac River site for a new federal city The Residence Act, signed by President Washington, authorized creation of a permanent national capital on the Potomac River, land that would become Washington, D.C. Philadelphia was designated the temporary capital for the following decade while the new city was built.