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) on this day in history.   

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

Apr 27   On this day in history samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

Apr 27   In the year 1791 the birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code   

May 03   The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on this day in history.   

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

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

May 29   In the year 1791 pietro Romani, composer   

May 30   On this day in history ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56   

Jun 09   On this day in history john Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home)   

Jun 20   King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution in the year 1791.   

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

Jul 05   In the year 1791 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 in the year 1791.   

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   Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM on this day in history.   

Aug 02   Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine on this day in history.   

Aug 04   In the year 1791 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   In the year 1791 haitian Revolution begins   

Aug 22   On this day in history haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman   

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

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1791 birth of jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)   

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   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   On this day in history birth of peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)   

Feb 20   On this day in history birth of carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)   

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   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   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   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.