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 1791 in Great Britain: |
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Events from the year 1791 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory
Events
- 1 January - Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England where his concerts are huge successes.[1]
- April - William Wilberforce introduces a bill to Parliament to abolish the slave trade but it is defeated.[1]
- 10 June - Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.[1]
- 14 June to 17 June - The Priestley Riots in Birmingham, against dissenters.[2]
- 4 December - The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.[1]
Undated
- Amateur geologist William Gregor discovers an unknown metal in Cornwall later identified to be Titanium.[1]
Publications
- James Boswell's landmark biography Life of Johnson.[2]
- 13 March - Thomas Paine's chief work Rights of Man.[3]
Births
- 10 February - Henry Hart Milman, historian and ecclesiastic (died 1868)
- 22 September - Michael Faraday, scientist (died 1867)
- 26 December - Charles Babbage, mathematician and inventor (died 1871)
Deaths
- 11 January - William Williams Pantycelyn, hymnist (born 1717)
- 25 January - George Augustus Selwyn, Member of Parliament (born 1719)
- 2 March - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (born 1703)
- 19 April - Richard Price, philosopher (born 1723)
- 5 June - Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (born 1718, Switzerland)
- 17 June - Selina Hastings, Methodist leader (born 1707)
References
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 342–343. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 232-233. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
See also
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