1791
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years: 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 - 1791 - 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796
Events
- Birmingham riots, England
- January 25 - The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada
- March 3 - The United States Mint is created by the United States Congress.
- March 4 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
- May 3 - Constitution of third May (first Polish constitution) proclaimed by Polish Sejm (Parliament)
- December 15 - The United States Bill of Rights is passed.
- 1791 in literature:
- Celestina - Charlotte Turner Smith
- A Sicilian Romance - Ann Radcliffe
- Adventures of King Richard Coeur-de-Lion - James White
- 1791 in music
- January 15 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian lyricist (&(+ 1872)
- February 21 - John Mercer, chemist and industrialist (+ 1866)
- April 27 - Samuel Morse, U.S. inventor
- December 26 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines
- Michael Faraday - English scientist
- May 9 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence
- December 5: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Austrian composer
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
