February 17 » In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
May 1 » Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
Day of death September 16, 1791
The temperature on September 16, 1791 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Day of burial September 24, 1791
The temperature on September 24, 1791 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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.
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
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.
September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
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