Events in year of 1791
- 02-17Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)
- 02-251st Bank of US chartered
- 03-031st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
- 03-03Congress establishes US Mint
- 03-041st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office
- 03-04President Washington calls the US Senate into its 1st special session
- 03-04Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)
- 03-10John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
- 03-11Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent
- 03-21Captain Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN
- 06-20King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution
- 06-21Fleeing French King Louis XVI and family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne
- 08-02Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine
- 08-04Austria and Turkey sign Peace of Sistova
- 08-19Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac
- 08-20Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska
- 08-22Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman
- 08-26John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
- 09-03French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
- 09-06Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito, " premieres in Prague
- 10-011st session of new French legislative assembly
- 10-01Dutch Prince Willem Frederik marries his niece Princess Frederika Louise Wilhelmina of Prussia
- 11-03Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair / killed 637 soldiers
- 11-151st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens
- 12-12Bank of US opens
- 12-151st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania
- 12-15Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval
- 12-17New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street
People born in year of 1791
- 01-06Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer: Composer
- 01-08Jacob Collamer: (Sen-Vermont)
- 01-15Franz Gillparzer: Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)
- 02-01Charles J Sax: Belgian music instrument builder
- 02-12Jan D Zocher, Jr.: Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)
- 02-12Peter Cooper: Industrialist / philanthropist (Cooper Union)
- 02-20Carl Czerny: Vienna, Austria -- Pianist / composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
- 03-06Anna Claypoole Peale: Painted miniatures
- 03-09George Hayward: United States -- Surgeon - 1st to use ether
- 03-31Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki: Composer
- 04-12Francis Preston Blair: Newspaper editor (Washington Globe)
- 04-23James Buchanan: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania -- (Fed / Dem), 15th US President (1857-61)
- 04-23W Friedrich Olivier: German landscape painter / cartoonist
- 04-24Nikolaj A Bestuzhev: Russia -- Writer / painter (Account about Holland)
- 04-27Samuel Finley Breece Morse: US painter / inventor (telegraph)
- 05-11Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek: Composer
- 05-15Baron Floris A van Hall: Dutch Minister of Justice / Finance
- 05-29Pietro Romani: Composer
- 06-09John Howard Payne: United States -- Author / actor / diplomat (Home Sweet Home)
- 07-09Nicolas Ledesma: Composer
- 07-26Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart: 6th child of Austrian composer WAM
- 09-01Lydia Sigourney: United States -- Religious author (How to Be Happy)
- 09-05Giacomo Meyerbeer: Vogelsdorf, Germany -- Composer (Golt Und Die Natur)
- 09-20Sergei T Aksakov: Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika)
- 09-22Michael Faraday: Discovered principle of electric motor
- 09-23Johann F Encke: German astronomer (Encke Comet)
- 10-01Sergey Aksakov: Russia -- Novelist (Chronicles of a Russian Family)
- 10-26Charles Sprague: Boston, Massachusetts -- Banker / poet (Curiosity)
- 10-31Ferdinand Huber: Composer
- 12-04Johann Gottlob Topfer: Composer
People died in year of 1791
- 05-09Francis Hopkinson: US writer / music / lawyer, dies at 53
- 05-28Joseph Schmitt: Composer, dies at 57
- 05-30Ildephons Haas: Composer, dies at 56
- 08-25Pietro Domenico Paradisi: Composer
- 10-10C F D Schubart: Writer
- 10-12A L Karschin: Writer, dies at 68
- 10-16Grigorij A Potemkin: Monarch of Tauris
- 12-05Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Composer, dies at 35 in Vienna, Austria
Events in year of 1792
- 01-09Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy
- 02-07Austria and Prussia sign anti-French covenant
- 02-21Congress passes Presidential Succession Act
- 02-23Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)
- 03-01US Presidential Succession Act passed
- 03-04Oranges introduced to Hawaii
- 03-16Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera
- 03-24Benjamin West (US) becomes President of Royal Academy of London
- 04-02Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
- 04-05George Washington casts 1st presidential veto
- 04-14France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars
- 04-20France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia
- 04-24"La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
- 04-25Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier
- 05-07Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)
- 05-08British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Washington
- 05-08US establishes military draft
- 05-11Columbia River discovered and named by US Captain Robert Gray
- 05-12Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
- 05-16Denmark abolishes slave trade
- 05-1724 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
- 05-19Russian army enters Poland
- 06-01Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
- 06-04Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain
- 06-12George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC
- 06-13King Louis XVI fires French government
- 06-21Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil and Mexicana off Vancouver, BC
- 07-08France declares war on Prussia
- 07-11Prussia army moves into French territory
- 07-25Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion"
People born in year of 1792
- 01-08Lowell Mason: Medfield, Massachusetts -- Organist / composer (Zebulo)
- 01-12Robert Patterson: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
- 01-21Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma: Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)
- 02-12Ferdinand de Braekeleer: Belgian painter
- 02-23Istvan Ferenczi: Hungarian sculptor
- 02-27Don Joaquin B F Espartero: Spanish adventurer / Field Marshal
- 02-28Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer: Estonian / German embryologist
- 02-29Gioacchino Rossini: Pesaro, Italy -- Composer (Barber of Seville)
- 02-29Karl Ernst von Baler: Russia -- Naturalist (discovered human ovum)
- 04-04Thaddeus Stevens: US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)
- 04-12John George Lambton: London, England -- Statesman (1st Earl of Durham)
- 04-25John Keble: Anglican priest / founder (Oxford Movement)
- 04-30Johann Friedrich Schwencke: Composer
- 05-13Pius IX "Pio Nono" [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti]: Pope (1846-78)
- 06-19Gustav Schwab: Writer
- 07-10George Mifflin Dallas: (D) 11th VP (1845-49)
- 08-04Percy Bysshe Shelley: England, United Kingdom -- Romantic poet (Adonais)
- 08-18John: 1st Earl Russell, British Whig Prime Minister (1846-52, 1865-66)
- 09-05Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault: Composer
- 09-08Joseph Netherclift: Composer
- 09-14Gino Capponi: Italian Marquis / literary / Premier of Toscane
- 09-27George Cruikshank: London, England -- Caricaturist (Oliver Twist)
- 10-02Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter: Pianist / composer
- 10-03Cipriani Potter: Composer
- 10-13Moritz Hauptmann: Composer
- 10-19Dirk Donker Curtius: Dutch attorney / Minister of Justice (liberal)
- 10-20Anton Bernhard Furstenau: Composer
- 10-20Colin Campbell / Lord Clyde: British officer (Sepoy-uprising)
- 11-13Edward John Trelawney: England, United Kingdom -- Traveler / author (Adv of Younger Son)
- 11-28Victor Cousin: French philosopher / Minister of Education
People died in year of 1792
- 01-10Jean-Louis Laruette: Composer, dies at 60
- 02-23Joshua Reynolds: English portrait Painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
- 03-03Robert Adam: Scottish Architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63
- 03-10John Stuart: 3rd Earl of Bute / English Premier (1760-63), dies at 78
- 03-29Gustav III: King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds
- 04-25Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann: Composer, dies at 54
- 04-25Nicolas J Pelletier: Frenchman, 1st guillotined
- 04-30Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth: Composer, dies at 36
- 04-30John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich: English Naval minister, dies at 73
- 05-03Carlo Zuccari: Composer, dies at 87
- 05-07Aert Schouman: Dutch bird / portrait painter, dies at 82
- 05-24George Brydges: 1st Baron Rodney / Admiral
- 05-24Jakob M R Lenz: Writer (That Soldier)
- 06-04John Burgoyne: Soldier / playwright
- 06-30Francesco Antonio Rosetti: Composer
- 08-02Nathanael Gottfried Gruner: Composer, dies at 60
- 08-05Frederick 7th baron North: English Premier (1770-82), dies at 60
- 08-17Jan Jachym Kopriva: Composer, dies at 38
- 09-18Gottlieb August Spangenberg: Founder (Moravian Church in America)
- 11-30Ernst William Wolf: Composer, dies at 57
- 12-15Joseph Martin Kraus: Composer, dies at 36
Events in year of 1793
- 01-091st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Philadelphia
- 01-09Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery
- 01-09Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America
- 01-19French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
- 01-21Prussia and Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)
- 01-232nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia
- 01-23Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized
- 02-01France declares war on England and Netherlands
- 02-01Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk and linen
- 02-11Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth
- 02-121st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves
- 02-24French troops conquer Breda
- 03-04French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth
- 03-182nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France
- 04-01Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
- 04-17Battle of Warsaw
- 05-19Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795)
- 05-21Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange
- 05-25Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained
- 05-30Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public
- 06-101st public zoo opens in Paris
- 06-10Washington replaced Philadelphia as US capital
- 06-111st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick
- 06-20Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin
- 06-241st Republican constitution in France adopted
- 07-24France passes 1st copyright law
- 08-01France becomes 1st country to use the metric system
- 08-29Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed
- 09-05In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins
- 09-18President Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol Building
People born in year of 1793
- 01-03Lucretia Coffin Mott: United States -- Teacher / Minister / abolitionist / feminist
- 01-18William Henry Havergal: Composer
- 02-06Pietro Rovelli: Composer
- 03-02Samuel Houston: 1st President of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
- 03-03Ch Sealsfield: Writer
- 03-06Bernhard Joseph Klein: Composer
- 03-11Jan F Willems: Flemish writer / philologist
- 03-12Augustin-Philippe Peellaert: Composer
- 04-11Nicolaas C Kist: Dutch church historian / archivist
- 04-12Ferdinand I KLJM [the Good Natured]: Emperor of Austria / King of Hungary
- 04-15Friedrich Struve: Germany -- Founded dynasty of astronomers
- 05-09Johannes C de Jonge: Dutch historian / archivist
- 07-02Antoine Prumier: Composer
- 07-03John Claire: England, United Kingdom -- Poet
- 07-04Franz Xaver Pechacek: Composer
- 07-05Pavel I Pestel: Russian officer
- 07-06Jacob M de Kempenaer: Dutch lawyer / Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49)
- 07-20Aleksander Fredro: Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
- 07-23Joseph Hartmann Stuntz: Composer
- 07-30Josepf Francois Snel: Composer
- 08-10Heinrich August Neithardt: Composer
- 09-04Edward Bates: Attorney General (Union), died in 1869
- 09-25Felicia Dorothea Hermans: Poet
- 09-28Denis-Auguste Affre Franc: Archbishop / opponent of King Louis-Philippe
- 10-28Eliphalet Remington: US gun maker
- 11-03Stephen Fuller Austin: Colonized Texas
- 11-10Jared Kirtland: United States -- Physician / naturalist / reformed penitentiaries
- 11-15Michel Chasles: French mathematician (geometry)
- 11-16Francis Danby: Irish painter
- 12-11Pietro Coppola: Composer
People died in year of 1793
- 01-01Francesco Guardi: Italian painter, dies at 80
- 01-04Bengt Lidner: Swedish Poet (Medea / Yttersa domen), dies at 35
- 01-21Louis XVI: French King (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38
- 02-02William Aiton: English Botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
- 03-04Isaac Ouwater: Amsterdam Painter / cartoonist, dies at 44
- 03-21Johann Michael Schmidt: Composer, dies at 51
- 04-09Ernestus Weinrauch: Composer, dies at 62
- 04-30Lorenzo Fago: Composer, dies at 88
- 05-07Johan A Zoutman: Dutch Lieutenant Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
- 05-07Pietro Nardini: Composer, dies at 71
- 05-13Martin Gerbert: Composer, dies at 72
- 06-04Jan Ekels de Young: Dutch painter, dies at 34
- 06-26Gilbert White: Naturalist / cleric
- 07-13Jean Paul Marat: French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday
- 07-14Jacques Cathelineau: French royalist, dies in battle at 44
- 07-17Charlotte Corday: Murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined
- 08-22Louis Duke de Noailles: Marshal of France, dies at 80
- 08-28Adam-Philippe Custine: French Earl / General / parliament member
- 10-08John Hancock: US Merchant / signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 56
- 10-16Marie Antoinette: Queen of France, beheaded in France
- 10-19Francisco Morera: Composer, dies at 62
- 10-21Johann Ernst Hartmann: Composer, dies at 66
- 10-31Pierre V Vergniaud: French politician / police leader, guillotined at 40
- 12-06Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry: Mistress of Louis XV, beheaded
- 12-13Johann Joachim Christoph Bode: Composer, dies at 63
- 12-20Joseph Legros: Composer, dies at 54
- 12-28Louis Earl of Bylandt: Dutch Admiral, dies at about 75