Page 2: 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) in the year 1791.   

Apr 24   Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

May 15   In the year 1791 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   Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

May 29   Pietro Romani, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1791 king Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution   

Jun 21   In the year 1791 fleeing French King Louis XVI & family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne   

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

Jul 05   In the year 1791 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   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 in the year 1791.   

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   In the year 1791 benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac   

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

Aug 22   On this day in history haitian Revolution begins   

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

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

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

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

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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 in the year 1791.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1791.   

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

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

Mar 02   In the year 1791 death of john Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)   

Mar 14   In the year 1791 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   In the year 1791 death of mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)   

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.