May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
June 26 » Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
November 22 » Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
December 17 » War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.
Day of death April 18, 1791
The temperature on April 18, 1791 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
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.
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 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
Day of burial April 22, 1791
The temperature on April 22, 1791 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
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 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
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