January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
Day of marriage April 17, 1791
The temperature on April 17, 1791 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
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.
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