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Birthday November 30, 1791

• The temperature on November 30, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by west. Weather type: zeer 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.
  • 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.
  • November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1781 » Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer († 1873)
• 1791 » Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian field marshal and politician († 1848)
• 1796 » Carl Loewe, German singer, composer, and conductor († 1869)
• 1810 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman and politician, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company († 1880)
• 1813 » Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer († 1888)
• 1813 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author († 1890)