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Birthday October 17, 1791

• The temperature on October 17, 1791 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken. 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
  • 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.
  • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
  • May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  • August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
  • September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1780 » Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States († 1850)
• 1781 » Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist († 1833)
• 1784 » Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay († 1854)
• 1785 » Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist († 1816)
• 1792 » John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong († 1826)
• 1797 » Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (d.1841)