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Birthday November 27, 1791

• The temperature on November 27, 1791 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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).
  • July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
  • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
  • August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1759 » Franz Krommer, Czech violinist and composer († 1831)
• 1779 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1865)
• 1804 » Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and composer († 1885)
• 1809 » Fanny Kemble, English actress, playwright, and poet († 1893)
• 1814 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French politician and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States († 1886)
• 1820 » Rachel Brooks Gleason, fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States († 1905)