Historical Events In 1791

Apr 19   Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies in the year 1791.   

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   In the year 1791 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   Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance on this day in history.   

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   Pietro Romani, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 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   On this day in history félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist (law of Biot & Savart)   

Jul 05   Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) in the year 1791.   

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   On this day in history third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported.   

Jul 14   The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska in the year 1791.   

Aug 22   On this day in history haitian Revolution begins   

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

Aug 25   In the year 1791 pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies   

Aug 26   On this day in history 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   Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1791 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   Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder was born in the year 1791.   

Feb 12   On this day in history birth of jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1791.   

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