Author's Note: some interesting things that happened the year this man died:
January 21: The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
February 4: George Washington is unanimously elected the first President of the United States by the United States Electoral College.
March 18: The last burning at the stake takes place at Newgate when Catherine (or Christian) Murphy is executed for high treason coining.
July 14: The French Revolution (1789-1799) begins: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners. In rural areas, peasants attack noble manors.
and of course
Thomas Jefferson returns from Europe, bringing the first macaroni machine to the United States. (ODDLY ENOUGH THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS ALSO BORN THE YEAR THIS MAN WAS BORN AS WELL... BELIEVE...IT OR NOT