Historical Events In 1791

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

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

Apr 27   On this day in history the birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code   

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

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

May 29   Pietro Romani, composer in the year 1791.   

May 30   Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC   

Jul 09   In the year 1791 nicolas Ledesma, composer   

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

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

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   On this day in history franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

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

Aug 20   On this day in history danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska   

Aug 22   Haitian Revolution begins on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies in the year 1791.   

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

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

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 in the year 1791.   

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 in the year 1791.   

Jan 11   William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1791.   

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

Apr 01   In the year 1791 death of richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)   

Apr 02   Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749) died on this day in history.   

Apr 19   On this day in history richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies   

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