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   In the year 1791 jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

Jan 08   Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 in the year 1791.   

Feb 17   Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1791.   

Mar 03   On this day in history 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)   

Mar 03   In the year 1791 congress establishes US Mint   

Mar 03   On this day in history first Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)   

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 on this day in history.   

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   George Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether in the year 1791.   

Mar 10   On this day in history john Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver   

Mar 10   John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver on this day in history.   

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 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   On this day in history capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN   

Mar 21   Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN on this day in history.   

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   Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer in the year 1791.   

Apr 12   Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) on this day in history.   

Apr 13   In the year 1791 félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance   

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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 in the year 1791.   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1791 birth of jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)   

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 in the year 1791.   

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

Apr 19   Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies in the year 1791.   

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