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Historical Event(s)
– The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
– A Constitutional Act is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
– The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
– United States troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
– Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue.
– HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day.
– King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
– The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as “incorruptible patriots”.
– The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
Who Were Born On ?
– Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872)
– Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
– Charles Knight, English publisher (d. 1873)
– Robert Napier, British engineer (d. 1876)
– Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1844)
– Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (d. 1864)
– Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867)
– Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855)
– Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian soldier and statesman (d. 1848)
– Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)