May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Christening day January 29, 1791
The temperature on January 29, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: veel regen winderig. Source: KNMI
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).
March 4 » Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth 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.
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