1794 (MDCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1794th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 794th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1794, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s – 1790s – 1800s 1810s 1820s |
| Years: | 1791 1792 1793 – 1794 – 1795 1796 1797 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1794 MDCCXCIV |
| French Republican calendar | 2–3 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2547 |
| Armenian calendar | 1243 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6544 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1715–1716 |
| Bengali calendar | 1201 |
| Berber calendar | 2744 |
| British Regnal year | 34 Geo. 3 – 35 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2338 |
| Burmese calendar | 1156 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7302–7303 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4490 or 4430 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4491 or 4431 |
| Coptic calendar | 1510–1511 |
| Discordian calendar | 2960 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1786–1787 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5554–5555 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1850–1851 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1715–1716 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4894–4895 |
| Holocene calendar | 11794 |
| Igbo calendar | 794–795 |
| Iranian calendar | 1172–1173 |
| Islamic calendar | 1208–1209 |
| Japanese calendar | Kansei 6 (寛政６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1720–1721 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4127 |
| Minguo calendar | 118 before ROC 民前118年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 326 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2336–2337 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1920 or 1539 or 767 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1921 or 1540 or 768 |