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.
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).
August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
Christening day February 20, 1791
The temperature on February 20, 1791 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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