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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).
– Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
– The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
– United States troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
– HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day.
– The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.
– First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
– The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
Who Were Born On ?
– Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
– Charles Knight, English publisher (d. 1873)
– James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
– Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (d. 1872)
– Robert Napier, British engineer (d. 1876)
– Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1844)
– Théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824)
– Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)
– Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855)
– Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, wife of Napoleon (d. 1847)