1791

Events

   * Birmingham riots, England
   * January 25 - The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of
     1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada
   * March 3 - The United States Mint is created by the United States
     Congress.
   * March 4 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
   * May 3 - Constitution of third May (first Polish constitution)
     proclaimed by Polish Sejm (Parliament)
   * December 15 - The United States Bill of Rights is passed.

Ongoing events

   * French Revolution (1789-1799)

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

   * 1791 in literature:
        o Celestina - Charlotte Turner Smith
        o A Sicilian Romance - Ann Radcliffe
        o Adventures of King Richard Coeur-de-Lion - James White

Births

   * January 15 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian lyricist (&(+ 1872)
   * February 21 - John Mercer, chemist and industrialist (+ 1866)
   * April 27 - Samuel Morse, U.S. inventor
   * December 26 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor of
     computing machines
   * Michael Faraday - English scientist

Deaths

   * May 9 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the
     Declaration of Independence
   * December 5: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Austrian composer

Monarchs/Presidents

   * China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October
     18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)

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