1791 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1791 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=342–343]
* April - William Wilberforce introduces a bill to Parliament to abolish the slave trade but it is defeated.
* 10 June - Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
* 14 June to 17 June - The Priestley Riots in Birmingham, against dissenters.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 232-233|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 4 December - The first issue of "The Observer", the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

Undated

* Amateur geologist William Gregor discovers an unknown metal in Cornwall later identified to be Titanium.

Publications

* James Boswell's landmark biography "Life of Johnson".
* 13 March - Thomas Paine's chief work "Rights of Man". [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]

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

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