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Birthday January 11, 1791

• The temperature on January 11, 1791 was about 7.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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
  • 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.
  • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
  • September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
  • October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1777 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader († 1837)
• 1786 » Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist († 1869)
• 1788 » William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic († 1866)
• 1800 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer († 1895)
• 1807 » Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University († 1874)
• 1814 » James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist († 1899)