Page 2: Historical Events In 1791

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

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) in the year 1791.   

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

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

May 11   In the year 1791 jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer   

May 15   Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance on this day in history.   

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

May 16   In the year 1791 near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred   

May 28   On this day in history joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57   

May 29   In the year 1791 pietro Romani, composer   

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   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) on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) in the year 1791.   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history nicolas Ledesma, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1791 austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova   

Aug 19   Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac in the year 1791.   

Aug 20   Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska in the year 1791.   

Aug 22   Haitian Revolution begins on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history john Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat   

Aug 30   In the year 1791 the HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day.   

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Jan 06   Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer was born in the year 1791.   

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

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 in the year 1791.   

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

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 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   In the year 1791 death of john Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)   

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

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

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