Historical Events In 1791

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

Jan 06   Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer in the year 1791.   

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

Jan 14   Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2") in the year 1791.   

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

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

Feb 01   Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Mar 02   In the year 1791 long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.   

Mar 03   1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) in the year 1791.   

Mar 03   Congress establishes US Mint in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 04   In the year 1791 1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office   

Mar 04   President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session on this day in history.   

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

Mar 06   Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 09   George Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 10   John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver in the year 1791.   

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

Mar 11   Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office in the year 1791.   

Mar 11   In the year 1791 samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent   

Mar 21   Bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War on this day in history.   

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

Mar 21   In the year 1791 captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN   

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 in the year 1791.   

Mar 31   Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer in the year 1791.   

Apr 12   In the year 1791 francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)   

Apr 13   Félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance in the year 1791.   

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Jan 06   In the year 1791 birth of jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

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

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

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

Feb 01   In the year 1791 birth of charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder   

Feb 12   In the year 1791 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   William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717) died on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1791.   

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

May 09   Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 on this day in history.