May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
Day of death April 23, 1791
The temperature on April 23, 1791 was about 9.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
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).
June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
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 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
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