Historical Events In 1791

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

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

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

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   In the year 1791 british Parliament approves bill splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.   

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

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   On this day in history messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)   

Feb 20   Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) in the year 1791.   

Feb 25   In the year 1791 1st Bank of US chartered   

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

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

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   1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office on this day in history.   

Mar 04   President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session in the year 1791.   

Mar 04   On this day in history vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union.   

Mar 06   Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures on this day in history.   

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

Mar 09   In the year 1791 george Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether   

Mar 10   On this day in history john Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver   

Mar 10   On this day in history john Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver   

Mar 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1791 capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN   

Mar 21   Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 31   In the year 1791 franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer   

Apr 12   Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) on this day in history.   

Apr 13   Félix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1791.   

Feb 16   Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58 died in the year 1791.   

Mar 02   John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703) died in the year 1791.   

Mar 14   Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725) died in the year 1791.   

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   In the year 1791 richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies   

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