in 1791, industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, educator, abolitionist, and reformer Peter Copper is born. Cooper left an incredible legacy in our neighborhoods, not least through and Cooper Square. More on this transformative figure: https://t.co/PxzINUWuLa

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Parasite Killabear Rank 1/3,333 has been listed for 69 ETH.

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Le 30 septembre 1791,dans un théâtre des faubourgs de Vienne,une ovation triomphale accueille La Flûte enchantée (Die Zauberflöte), un opéra plein de fantaisie et en langue allemande, accessible au public populaire.

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Today in 1791, the launched a slave revolt against France. They won, but then France extorted them for an "independence debt" that was worth US$105 billion. It took 122 years to pay it. US Marines also occupied Haiti for 19 years, killing thousands with forced labour.

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Between 20-25 June 1791, Louis XVI of France and his immediate family and governess Marquise de Tourzel tried to flee, but were stopped in Varennes and brought back to Paris

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in 1791, industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, abolitionist, rights advocate, social reformer, education advocate, founder, and local resident Peter Cooper is born. More on his incredible life+legacy: https://t.co/PxzINUWuLa

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📚 | Le 5 septembre 1791, Marie Gouze, sous le pseudonyme d’Olympe de Gouges, signe son manifeste fondateur, la "Déclaration des droits des femmes et de la citoyenne". Dans cet écrit féministe, elle exige la pleine égalité légale, politique et sociale des femmes.

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On this date in 1791, a slave rebellion broke out on the sugar plantations of the fertile northern plain of French Saint-Domingue, setting off a remarkable chain of events that would culminate in the declaration of the independent Republic of Haiti more than 12 years later.

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It is the birth month of revolutionaries like Marsha P. Johnson and Anna Julia Cooper. It marks the beginning of Black revolutions across the world, including the Haitian Revolution in 1791, Nat Turner’s rebellion in 1831, and the Ferguson uprisings in 2014.

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in 1791, mathematician & computer pioneer Charles Babbage was born!

A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator traditionally computed by hand. In 1822 Babbage proposed automating it to reduce errors. After he died, his son completed this part.

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En 1791, il obtint de l’Assemblée constituante l’autorisation de rassembler plusieurs fragments des églises et palais détruits au sein du couvent des Petits-Augustins.

Viendront s'ajouter des éléments des tombeaux royaux saccagés à Saint-Denis, en 1792, parfois en s'interposant.

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JMW Turner was born in 1775. When he was still a young student at the Royal Academy schools in 1791, Turner came to Bristol to visit family friends. The Avon Gorge made a huge impression on him and he produced ambitious watercolours such as this one of the Hotwells.

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The Royal Flight to Varennes in 1791, a gesture that traumatised France. Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI’s attempt to escape revolutionary threats, masked as ordinary citizens, recognised and arrested in Varennes, only 50 km away from their destination.

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1791, à cause d'un mouvement de grève Louis XVI et sa famille ratent leur correspondance à Varenne-en-Argonne

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Pada tengah malam hari ini di tahun 1791, para budak di Haiti memutuskan untuk melancarkan perlawanan terhadap orang Prancis yang menjajah mereka. Pemberontakan ini sekarang dikenal sebagai Revolusi Haiti.

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"The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury", 1791, by Emily Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury.
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Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov (1791, Moscow – 15 August 1848, Merchik, Kharkov Governorate) was a Russian aquarelle portraitist who painted many of the most distinguished figures of the Pushkin era.He was the father of the painters Pyotr Sokolov, Pavel Sokolov and Alexander Sokolov.

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