February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Day of death August 17, 1791
The temperature on August 17, 1791 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
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