Historical Events For 1791

Jan 02   Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War in the year 1791.  

Jan 06   Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer in the year 1791.  

Jan 08   On this day in history jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)  

Jan 14   Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2") in the year 1791.  

Jan 15   In the year 1791 franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)  

Jan 25   British Parliament approves bill splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada in the year 1791.  

Feb 01   Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1791 richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58  

Feb 17   Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) in the year 1791.  

Feb 20   On this day in history carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)  

Feb 25   On this day in history 1st Bank of US chartered  

Mar 02   On this day in history long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.  

Mar 03   1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) in the year 1791.  

Mar 03   On this day in history congress establishes US Mint  

Mar 03   First Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) in the year 1791.  

Mar 04   On this day in history 1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office  

Mar 04   In the year 1791 president Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session  

Mar 04   Vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union in the year 1791.  

Mar 06   Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures on this day in history.  

Mar 09   George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether in the year 1791.  

Mar 09   George Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether on this day in history.  

Mar 10   John Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver in the year 1791.  

Mar 10   In the year 1791 john Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver  

Mar 10   On this day in history pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy  

Mar 11   Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office in the year 1791.  

Mar 11   Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent on this day in history.  

Mar 21   On this day in history bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War  

Mar 21   On this day in history capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN  

Mar 21   In the year 1791 captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN  

Mar 28   On this day in history convicts Mary and William Bryant, their two children and seven other convicts escape from Port Jackson Australia in open boat to Timor but are recaptured there.  

Mar 31   Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer on this day in history.  

Apr 12   Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) in the year 1791.  

Apr 13   Félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance on this day in history.  

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer  

Jan 08   Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt) was born in the year 1791.  

Jan 14   Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2") was born in the year 1791.  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)  

Feb 01   Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder was born on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) was born in the year 1791.  

Feb 12   In the year 1791 birth of peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)  

Feb 20   Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) was born in the year 1791.  

Jan 11   In the year 1791 death of william Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)  

Feb 16   Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 died on this day in history.  

Mar 02   On this day in history death of john Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)  

Mar 14   In the year 1791 death of johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)  

Apr 01   Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743) died in the year 1791.  

Apr 02   Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749) died on this day in history.  

Apr 19   On this day in history richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies  

May 09   In the year 1791 francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53