See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
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 Congress passes a resolution calling for the establishment of
the United States Mint (U.S. Mint not created until next year).
March 4 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
May 3 - Constitution of third May the first written constitution in Europe, proclaimed by
Polish Sejm (Parliament).
July 14 - The Priestley Riots in Birmingham, England.
December 4 - The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is
published.
December 15 - The United States Bill of Rights is passed.
Births:
January 15 -
Franz Grillparzer, Austrian lyricist (&(+ 1872).
January 26 -
Jan van den Houten.
February 21 -
John Mercer, chemist and industrialist (+ 1866).
April 27 -
Samuel Morse, U.S. inventor.
May 3 -
Marinus van den Houten.
June 3 -
Maatje van den Houten.
December 26 -
Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines.
Michael Faraday - English scientist.
Baptized:
February 10 -
Maria de Greef.
Deaths:
May 9 -
Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
July 26 -
Dijmphna Mouw (Dimphna Mauw) (Dijmphna Mauw) (Dina Mouw)
(Dimpna Mauw) (Dimpna Mouw) (Dijmphne Mouw).December 5 -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Austrian composer.
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