Historical Events In 1791

Apr 19   Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies on this day in history.   

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

May 11   On this day in history jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer   

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   Pietro Romani, composer in the year 1791.   

May 30   Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jun 09   In the year 1791 john Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home)   

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   In the year 1791 félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist (law of Biot & Savart)   

Jul 05   On this day in history 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   Nicolas Ledesma, composer on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM   

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

Aug 04   Austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova on this day in history.   

Aug 19   On this day in history benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac   

Aug 20   In the year 1791 danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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