Historical Events In 1791

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

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

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

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

Jan 15   On this day in history 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   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) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 25   In the year 1791 1st Bank of US chartered  

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

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

Mar 03   On this day in history congress establishes US Mint  

Mar 03   On this day in history first Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)  

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

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

Mar 04   In the year 1791 vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union.  

Mar 06   In the year 1791 anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures  

Mar 09   In the year 1791 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   On this day in history john Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver  

Mar 10   On this day in history john Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver  

Mar 10   Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy on this day in history.  

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   Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent in the year 1791.  

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 in the year 1791.  

Mar 21   On this day in history captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN  

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   In the year 1791 félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance  

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Jan 06   Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder  

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

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

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

Mar 02   In the year 1791 death of john Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)  

Mar 14   Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725) died in the year 1791.  

Apr 01   Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743) died on this day in history.  

Apr 02   In the year 1791 death of mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)  

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