January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
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.
September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
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