Historical Events In 1791

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1791 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   In the year 1791 british Parliament approves bill splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.   

Feb 01   In the year 1791 charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

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

Feb 16   Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 in the year 1791.   

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

Feb 20   Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 04   1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 09   On this day in history george Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether   

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   John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer   

Apr 12   In the year 1791 francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)   

Apr 13   Félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance in the year 1791.   

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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   Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2") was born on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1791 birth of charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

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

Feb 12   Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born in the year 1791.   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1791.   

Mar 02   John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703) died in the year 1791.   

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   Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies in the year 1791.   

May 09   On this day in history francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53