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   Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Feb 12   In the year 1791 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   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   Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris in the year 1791.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 06   Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures on this day in history.   

Mar 09   George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether in the year 1791.   

Mar 09   In the year 1791 george Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1791 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 in the year 1791.   

Mar 31   Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer in the year 1791.   

Apr 12   On this day in history 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   In the year 1791 birth of jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

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   Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece) was born in the year 1791.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1791 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   Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725) died on this day in history.   

Apr 01   On this day in history death of richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)   

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

Apr 19   In the year 1791 richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies   

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