Historical Events In 1791

Jan 02   On this day in history big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1791 jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)  

Jan 14   On this day in history calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2")  

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

Jan 25   On this day in history british Parliament approves bill splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.  

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

Feb 12   On this day in history jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)  

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

Feb 17   In the year 1791 messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)  

Feb 20   In the year 1791 carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)  

Feb 25   1st Bank of US chartered in the year 1791.  

Mar 02   Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris in the year 1791.  

Mar 03   1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Congress establishes US Mint on this day in history.  

Mar 03   First Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1791 anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures  

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   On this day in history john Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver  

Mar 10   In the year 1791 pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy  

Mar 11   On this day in history samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office.  

Mar 11   In the year 1791 samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent  

Mar 21   Bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War on this day in history.  

Mar 21   Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN on this day in history.  

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

Mar 28   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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 12   On this day in history francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)  

Apr 13   On this day in history félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance  

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Jan 06   In the year 1791 birth of jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2")  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58  

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   In the year 1791 death of richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)  

Apr 02   Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749) died in the year 1791.  

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

May 09   Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 on this day in history.