February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Day of burial December 14, 1791
The temperature on December 14, 1791 was about 2.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
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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