Page 2: 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   On this day in history 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   Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1791.   

May 29   In the year 1791 pietro Romani, composer   

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) on this day in history.   

Jun 20   King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution on this day in history.   

Jun 21   On this day in history 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   Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Nicolas Ledesma, composer in the year 1791.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history 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   On this day in history austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova   

Aug 19   Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac in the year 1791.   

Aug 20   Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Haitian Revolution begins on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman in the year 1791.   

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

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

Jan 08   Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt) was born in the year 1791.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

Feb 12   Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1791 death of richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 02   On this day in history death of mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)   

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 on this day in history.