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

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

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

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

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

Feb 01   Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder in the year 1791.   

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 in the year 1791.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   In the year 1791 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   On this day in history vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union.   

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

Mar 09   George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Mar 10   Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy in the year 1791.   

Mar 11   In the year 1791 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 in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 28   In the year 1791 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) on this day in history.   

Apr 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1791 birth of jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)   

Jan 14   In the year 1791 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   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 in the year 1791.   

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

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

Jan 11   William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717) died in the year 1791.   

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

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

Mar 14   On this day in history death of johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)   

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

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

Apr 19   Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies on this day in history.   

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