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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder  

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

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

Feb 25   In the year 1791 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   Congress establishes US Mint in the year 1791.  

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

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

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   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   In the year 1791 george Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether  

Mar 10   In the year 1791 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   In the year 1791 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 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   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   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   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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1791 birth of jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)  

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   William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717) died on this day in history.  

Feb 16   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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