Historical Events In 1791

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

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

Jan 08   On this day in history jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)   

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

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

Feb 16   On this day in history richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58   

Feb 17   Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) in the year 1791.   

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

Feb 25   On this day in history 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   1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) in the year 1791.   

Mar 03   On this day in history congress establishes US Mint   

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

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

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

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

Mar 06   On this day in history 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   John Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver on this day in history.   

Mar 10   John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver in the year 1791.   

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 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   In the year 1791 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   In the year 1791 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   In the year 1791 franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer   

Apr 12   Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) in the year 1791.   

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

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   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   Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1791 death of johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)   

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