Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s Years: 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 - 1791 - 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 Table of contents 1 Events 1.1 Ongoing events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Heads of state in 1791 Events January 25 - The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada March 3 - The United States Mint is created by the United States Congress. March 4 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state. May 3 - Constitution of third May (first Polish constitution) proclaimed by Polish Sejm (Parliament) July 14 - The Priestley Riots in Birmingham, England. December 4 - The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published. December 15 - The United States Bill of Rights is passed. Ongoing events French Revolution (1789-1799) Year in topic 1791 in literature: Celestina - Charlotte Turner Smith A Sicilian Romance - Ann Radcliffe Adventures of King Richard Coeur-de-Lion - James White 1791 in music Births January 15 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian lyricist (&(+ 1872) February 21 - John Mercer, chemist and industrialist (+ 1866) April 27 - Samuel Morse, U.S. inventor December 26 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines Michael Faraday - English scientist Deaths May 9 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence December 5 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Austrian composer Heads of state in 1791 China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.