1791

Years:
1788 1789 1790 - 1791 - 1792 1793 1794

Decades:
1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s

Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1791 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Science

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

From Categories:
births - deaths

1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).

Events

January 25 - The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada
March 4 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
May 3 - The Polish Sejm (Parliament) proclaims the Constitution of third May, the first modern codified constitution in Europe
July 14 - The Priestley Riots in Birmingham, England.
June 20 - The French Royal Family is captured when they try to flee in disguise
August 26 - John Fitch is granted a patent for the steamboat in the United States.
December 4 - The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
December 15 - Ratification by the states of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution is completed, creating the United States Bill of Rights. Two additional amendments remain pending, and one of these is finally ratified in 1992, becoming the Twenty-seventh Amendment.

March 2 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
April 19 - Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (b. 1723)
May 9 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)
July 25 - Isaac Low, New York delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1735)
December 5 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1756)