Baptist Missionary Society is founded in Kettering, England. October 3 – A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile. October 12 – The first Columbus Day celebration in the United States is held in New York City, 300 years after his arrival in the New World. October 13 – Foundation of Washington, D.C.: The cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House after 1818) is laid. October 29 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after British Admiral Lord Hood by Lt. William Broughton of the Vancouver Expedition, who spots the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River. November 6 War of the First Coalition: Battle of Jemappes – Austrian armies under the command of Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen are defeated in Belgium (at this time part of the Austrian Netherlands) by the French Army led by General Charles François Dumouriez. The second United States presidential election is held. Incumbent President George Washington receives all 132 electoral votes for president, and incumbent vice-president John Adams is re-elected with 77 of 132 votes, with George Clinton receiving 50. November 19 – France's National Convention passes a resolution pledging French support for the overthrow of the governments of other nations. December 3 – George Washington is re-elected President of the United States. December 26 – The trial of Louis XVI of France begins. Date unknown Tipu Sultan invades Kerala, India, but is repulsed. Hungarian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach publishes The Tables of the Sun, an essential early work for navigation. Claude Chappe successfully demonstrates the first semaphore line, between Paris and Lille. Scottish engineer William Murdoch begins experimenting with gas lighting. George Anschutz constructs the first blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, one of the earliest works of feminist literature, is published in London. Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, future French general, becomes sub-lieutenant. Johann Georg Albrechtsberger becomes Kapellmeister in Vienna. The State Street Corporation is founded, in Boston, Massachusetts. The Insurance Company of North America (later Chubb) is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shiloh Meeting House, predecessor of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, is founded. The first written examinations in Europe are held at the University of Cambridge in England. The composer Ludwig van Beethoven moves to Vienna from Bonn to study with Haydn. He would live in Vienna for