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| 1791 |
| | | Mozart dies, at the age of just 35, leaving his Requiem unfinished | |
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| 1791 |
| | | The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified by the states | |
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| 1791 |
| | | London's Albion Mills burn | |
|  | Albion Mills near Blackfriars Bridge, by Edy, 1791
Guildhall Library
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| 1791 |
| | | Thomas Paine publishes the first part of The Rights of Man, his reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France | |
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| 1792 |
| | | The Swedish king Gustavus III is assassinated at a midnight masquerade in Stockholm – an event later dramatized by Verdi | |
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| 1792 |
| | | France declares war on the Austrian emperor, an event that plunges Europe into more than 20 years of conflict | |
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| 1792 |
| | | In a first demonstration of the gullotine, a highwayman is beheaded in a Paris square | |
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| 1792 |
| | | A French officer, Rouget de Lisle, writes a stirring anthem for France, soon to be known as the Marseillaise | |
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| c. 1792 |
| | | Scottish painter Henry Raeburn depicts the Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch | |
|  | Raeburn, The Reverend Robert Walker Skating (detail)
National Gallery of Scotland
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| 1792 |
| | | George Washington is unanimously elected for a second term as president of the USA | |
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