Historical Events In 1791

Jan 02   Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

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

Jan 14   Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2") on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)   

Jan 25   In the year 1791 british Parliament approves bill splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.   

Feb 01   Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder in the year 1791.   

Feb 12   On this day in history jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)   

Feb 16   Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 in the year 1791.   

Feb 17   In the year 1791 messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)   

Feb 20   In the year 1791 carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)   

Feb 25   1st Bank of US chartered in the year 1791.   

Mar 02   Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris on this day in history.   

Mar 03   On this day in history 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)   

Mar 03   Congress establishes US Mint on this day in history.   

Mar 03   First Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) in the year 1791.   

Mar 04   1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office on this day in history.   

Mar 04   President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session in the year 1791.   

Mar 04   Vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union in the year 1791.   

Mar 06   Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures on this day in history.   

Mar 09   George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether on this day in history.   

Mar 09   In the year 1791 george Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether   

Mar 10   In the year 1791 john Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver   

Mar 10   On this day in history john Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver   

Mar 10   In the year 1791 pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy   

Mar 11   On this day in history samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office.   

Mar 11   Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent in the year 1791.   

Mar 21   On this day in history bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War   

Mar 21   In the year 1791 capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN   

Mar 21   Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Convicts Mary and William Bryant, their two children and seven other convicts escape from Port Jackson Australia in open boat to Timor but are recaptured there on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer   

Apr 12   Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) in the year 1791.   

Apr 13   Félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history birth of calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2")   

Jan 15   Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece) was born in the year 1791.   

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   In the year 1791 birth of carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)   

Jan 11   In the year 1791 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   John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703) died on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725) died in the year 1791.   

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