The temperature on October 16, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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).
May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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.
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