1791

26-Dec

Charles Babbage (Mathematician, Inventor)

22-Sep

Michael Faraday (Chemist/Physicist)

27-Apr

Samuel F.B. Morse (Inventor)

23-Apr

James Buchanan (former U.S. President)

15-Dec

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution – the Bill of Rights – went into effect following ratification by Virginia.

30-Sep

Mozart’s opera, the Magic Flute, premiered in Vienna, Austria.

30-Aug

Thomas Jefferson responded to Benjamin Banneker’s letter on the issue of slavery.

22-Aug

Haitian Slave Revolution against France began and ended in 1804 when Haiti gained its independence.

19-Aug

Benjamin Banneker sent a copy of his Almanac and wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson criticizing his pro-slavery stance and requested justice for African Americans

3-May

The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania adopted a constitution.

26-Dec

22-Sep

27-Apr

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15-Dec

30-Sep

30-Aug

22-Aug

19-Aug

3-May

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Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell