January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
Day of burial December 27, 1791
The temperature on December 27, 1791 was about 1.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National 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.
December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
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