Historical Events In 1791

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2") on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 17   On this day in history messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)   

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   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) in the year 1791.   

Mar 03   In the year 1791 congress establishes US Mint   

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

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

Mar 04   On this day in history president Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session   

Mar 04   Vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures in the year 1791.   

Mar 09   In the year 1791 george Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 11   On this day in history samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent   

Mar 21   In the year 1791 bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War   

Mar 21   In the year 1791 capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN   

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

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   On this day in history franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer   

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

Apr 13   On this day in history félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance   

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

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

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   Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder was born on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) was born in the year 1791.   

Feb 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1791.   

Apr 02   On this day in history 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   Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 in the year 1791.