1791 - What happened in 1791 ?

January 1791

Tuesday 25:

The British Parliament splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.

March 1791

Wednesday 02:

Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.

Thursday 03:

The United States Mint is created by the U.S. Congress.

Friday 04:

Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.

May 1791

Tuesday 03:

The May Constitution of Poland (first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Polish Diet.

June 1791

Monday 20:

The Flight to Varennes began.

July 1791

Thursday 14:

The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.

Sunday 17:

Massacre at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution. 1200-1500 people were killed, including women and children.

August 1791

Monday 22:

Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue

September 1791

Tuesday 13:

King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution

October 1791

Saturday 01:

First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

November 1791

Tuesday 15:

The first U.S Catholic college,Georgetown University,opens its doors.

Monday 21:

Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.

December 1791

Sunday 04:

The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

Thursday 15:

The United States Bill of Rights is passed