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) on this day in history.   

Apr 24   On this day in history nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

Apr 27   Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph) in the year 1791.   

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

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

May 09   Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 in the year 1791.   

May 11   Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer on this day in history.   

May 15   In the year 1791 baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance   

May 15   On this day in history maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.   

May 16   Near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred on this day in history.   

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

May 29   In the year 1791 pietro Romani, composer   

May 30   In the year 1791 ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56   

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

Jun 20   King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 09   Nicolas Ledesma, composer on this day in history.   

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   The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England in the year 1791.   

Jul 17   In the year 1791 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   Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine on this day in history.   

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

Aug 19   Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac on this day in history.   

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

Aug 22   Haitian Revolution begins in the year 1791.   

Aug 22   Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman in the year 1791.   

Aug 25   Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 26   On this day in history 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   In the year 1791 birth of jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1791 birth of peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)   

Feb 20   On this day in history birth of carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)   

Jan 11   William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717) died in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 02   John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703) died in the year 1791.   

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