1791 in Spain

Years in Spain:	1788   1789   1790   1791   1792   1793   1794
Centuries:	17th century  ·  18th century  ·  19th century
Decades:	1760s   1770s   1780s   1790s   1800s   1810s   1820s
Years:	1788   1789   1790   1791   1792   1793   1794

Incumbents

Goya, Francisco - Das Blindekuhspiel - 1791

• Monarch – Charles IV
• Hector, baron de Carondelet
• First Secretary of State - José Moñino

Events ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• 15 August - Spanish-Moroccan War resumes after failed peace talks.
• 21 August - Haitian Slave Revolt against France begins, with Spanish support and intervention given in St. Domingue. ^[4]
• 24 August - Spain bombards Tangier in a response to Moroccan Sultan Moulay Yazid’s declaration of war and siege of Ceuta. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
• 1 September - Morocco begins to withdraw due to low morale, economic strain, and internal strife.
• 22 December - Spain offers to negotiate an American treaty on Mississippi River navigation and port use. ^[10]

Births

• Jose Melchor Gomiz
• Nicolás Ledesma ^[11]
• Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas ^[12]
• Manuela Malasaña

Deaths

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• 25 August - José Iglesias de la Casa (born 1748)
• 15 September - Tomás de Iriarte

References

1. Carmona Portillo, Antonio (2004). Las relaciones hispano-marroquíes a finales del siglo XVIII y el cerco de Ceuta de 1790-1791[Spanish-Moroccan relations at the end of the 18th century and the siege of Ceuta of 1790-1791] (in Spanish). Málaga, Spain: Editorial Sarriá. ISBN   84-95129-90-6.
2. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). e-spacio.uned.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
3. Mansour, Mohamed El (1990). Morocco in the Reign of Mawlay Sulayman. Middle East & North African Studies Press. ISBN   978-0-906559-32-1.
4. "Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
5. Carmona Portillo, p. 190
6. Ismaël Hamet, p. 376
7. Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais, p. 268
8. تاريخ الضعيف ( تاريخ الدولة السعيدة ) - محمد الضعيف الرباطي (in Arabic).
9. Proyectos, HI Iberia Ingeniería y. "Historia Hispánica". historia-hispanica.rah.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-02-17.
10. "Founders Online: Report on Negotiations with Spain, 22 December 1791". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
11. "The Piano Music of Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Their Immediate Predecessors, and Their Contemporaries".
12. "Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas".

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