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.
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.
August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
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.
Christening day November 6, 1791
The temperature on November 6, 1791 was about -0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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.
August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
Day of death August 1, 1865
The temperature on August 1, 1865 was about 14.8 °C. There was 31 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.
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