July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
Day of death November 18, 1791
The temperature on November 18, 1791 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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).
March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
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 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
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