Historical Events In 1791

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

Apr 23   James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) in the year 1791.  

Apr 24   Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) on this day in history.  

Apr 27   In the year 1791 samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)  

Apr 27   The birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code on this day in history.  

May 03   On this day in history the Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.  

May 09   On this day in history francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53  

May 11   On this day in history jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer  

May 15   On this day in history baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance  

May 15   In the year 1791 maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.  

May 16   On this day in history near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred  

May 28   Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1791.  

May 29   Pietro Romani, composer in the year 1791.  

May 30   On this day in history ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56  

Jun 09   John Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home) in the year 1791.  

Jun 20   In the year 1791 king Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution  

Jun 21   On this day in history fleeing French King Louis XVI & family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne  

Jun 30   In the year 1791 félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist (law of Biot & Savart)  

Jul 05   Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) on this day in history.  

Jul 05   Jos� Mar�a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC in the year 1791.  

Jul 09   Nicolas Ledesma, composer in the year 1791.  

Jul 09   On this day in history third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported.  

Jul 14   In the year 1791 the Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.  

Jul 17   Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people in the year 1791.  

Jul 26   Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM in the year 1791.  

Aug 02   On this day in history samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine  

Aug 04   In the year 1791 austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova  

Aug 19   On this day in history benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac  

Aug 20   In the year 1791 danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska  

Aug 22   Haitian Revolution begins in the year 1791.  

Aug 22   In the year 1791 haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman  

Aug 25   On this day in history pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies  

Aug 26   John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat in the year 1791.  

Aug 30   On this day in history the HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day.  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1791 birth of jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)  

Jan 14   Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2") was born in the year 1791.  

Jan 15   Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12   Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 14   Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725) died in the year 1791.  

Apr 01   Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743) died on this day in history.  

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

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

May 09   On this day in history francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53