May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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.
September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
Christening day August 3, 1791
The temperature on August 3, 1791 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
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 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
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.
Day of burial November 9, 1791
The temperature on November 9, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
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.
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.
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