January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
Day of death August 21, 1791
The temperature on August 21, 1791 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
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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