What is 1791?
{{Year nav|1791}} {{Year in various calendars|1791}} {{Year article header|1791}} == Events == * [[January 25]] – The [[British Parliament]] passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the province of Quebec (a colony in [[North America]] spreading from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] coast to [[Hudson Bay]]) * [[March 2]] – A [[semaphore]] machine is revealed to the public in [[Paris]]. * [[March 4]] – [[Vermont]] becomes a [[state]] in the [[United States]]. * [[May 3]] – The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Sejm (Parliament) proclaims the [[Constitution of third May]], the first modern codified, or legal code-like, [[constitution]] in [[Europe]]. * [[July 14]] – The [[Priestley Riots]] happen in [[Birmingham]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]]. * [[June 20]] – The French Royal Family is captured when they try to flee in disguise. * [[July 17]] – The [[Champ de Mars Massacre]] occurs during the [[French Revolution]]. * [[August 4]] – The [[Treaty of Sistova]] is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars. * [[August 6]] – [[Brandenburg Gate]] in [[Berlin]] is finished. * [[August 26]] – [[John Fitch]] is given a [[patent]] for the [[steamboat]] in the [[United States]]. * [[September 25]] – The [[Mission Santa Cruz]] is founded by Father [[Fermín Francisco de Lasuén]], becoming the twelfth [[mission]] in the [[California]] mission chain. * [[September 30]] – First showing of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s [[singspiel]], a type of [[opera]], [[Die Zauberflöte]] (Magic Flute) in the [[Freihaustheater]] in [[Vienna]]. * [[October 9]] – The [[Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad]], was founded by Father [[Fermín Francisco de Lasuén]], becoming the thirteenth [[mission]] in the [[California]] mission chain. * [[December 4]] – The first issue of [[The Observer]], the world's first [[Sunday]] newspaper, is published. * [[December 15]] – The states approve ten [[amendment]]s to the [[United States Constitution]], which become the [[Bill of Rights]]. Two additional amendments are still being thought about,