WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1791
Find out what all happened August to November 1791

The Papal States lose Avignon to the French Empire. (14. September 1791)

The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash. (4. November 1791)

HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on a reef the previous day. (30. August 1791)

John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. (26. August 1791)

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. (30. September 1791)

Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue. (22. August 1791)

France becomes the first country to emancipate its Jewish population. (28. September 1791)

Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington. (9. September 1791)

Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen. (9. November 1791)

American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War. (7. August 1791)

The first U.S. Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors. (15. November 1791)

The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as "incorruptible patriots". (30. September 1791)

The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars. (4. August 1791)

First session of the French Legislative Assembly. (1. October 1791)

King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution. (13. September 1791)

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