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) on this day in history.   

Apr 24   On this day in history nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

Apr 27   Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph) in the year 1791.   

Apr 27   The birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code in the year 1791.   

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   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   Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance on this day in history.   

May 16   Near Moodus, Connecticut, the largest historical earthquake in Connecticut occurred on this day in history.   

May 28   Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

May 29   Pietro Romani, composer in the year 1791.   

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   King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution on this day in history.   

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

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   Jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC on this day in history.   

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 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   In the year 1791 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   In the year 1791 franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

Aug 02   In the year 1791 samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine   

Aug 04   In the year 1791 austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova   

Aug 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1791 haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman   

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

Aug 26   John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat in the year 1791.   

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   On this day in history birth of jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 12   Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1791 death of richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)   

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   On this day in history francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53