Historical Events In 1791

Apr 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1791 nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)  

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 in the year 1791.  

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

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

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

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

May 29   Pietro Romani, composer in the year 1791.  

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 in the year 1791.  

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

Jun 30   On this day in history félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist (law of Biot & Savart)  

Jul 05   In the year 1791 jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC)  

Jul 05   On this day in history jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC  

Jul 09   On this day in history nicolas Ledesma, composer  

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

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

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 in the year 1791.  

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   Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska on this day in history.  

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

Aug 26   John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 15   In the year 1791 birth of franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)  

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   Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born in the year 1791.  

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

Apr 01   Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743) died in the year 1791.  

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

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

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