Page 2: Historical Events In 1791

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

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

Apr 24   In the year 1791 nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

Apr 27   On this day in history samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

Apr 27   In the year 1791 the birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code   

May 03   In the year 1791 the Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.   

May 09   Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

May 11   Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer in the year 1791.   

May 15   Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance in the year 1791.   

May 15   Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance in the year 1791.   

May 16   Near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred in the year 1791.   

May 28   In the year 1791 joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57   

May 29   In the year 1791 pietro Romani, composer   

May 30   Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1791.   

Jun 09   On this day in history john Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home)   

Jun 20   On this day in history king Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution   

Jun 21   Fleeing French King Louis XVI & family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne in the year 1791.   

Jun 30   Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist (law of Biot & Savart) in the year 1791.   

Jul 05   On this day in history jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC)   

Jul 05   In the year 1791 jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC   

Jul 09   Nicolas Ledesma, composer in the year 1791.   

Jul 09   Third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported in the year 1791.   

Jul 14   On this day in history the Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.   

Jul 17   On this day in history 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.   

Jul 26   Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM on this day in history.   

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

Aug 04   Austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova on this day in history.   

Aug 19   In the year 1791 benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac   

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

Aug 22   On this day in history haitian Revolution begins   

Aug 22   On this day in history haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman   

Aug 25   In the year 1791 pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies   

Aug 26   In the year 1791 john Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat   

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

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Jan 06   Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1791 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   Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece) was born in the year 1791.   

Feb 01   In the year 1791 birth of charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

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

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   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 in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 14   On this day in history death of johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)   

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

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 in the year 1791.   

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