January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
March 1 » The first United States census is authorized.
July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.
Day of burial May 6, 1791
The temperature on May 6, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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.
August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
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