24 events found for 1791
The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commo
The British under Charles Cornwallis defeat a Mysorean army under Tipu Sultan in the battle of Arakere
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance
King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution
King Louis XVI and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution
At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis…
Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham targeting Joseph Priestley as a supporter of the French…
Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins…
The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the…
Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking…
Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, led by Dutty Boukman, held a Vodou ceremony that became a pivotal act of…
The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of…
HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
King Louis XVI accepts the new French constitution.
The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.