1791

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

Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s

Years: 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 - 1791 - 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796

Events

• Birmingham riots, England
• January 25 - The British Parliament splits 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.

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1791 in literature:
  • Celestina[?] - Charlotte Turner Smith
  • A Sicilian Romance[?] - Ann Radcliffe
  • 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