Events from the year 1791 in Spain
Incumbents
Monarch – Charles IV Hector, baron de Carondelet First Secretary of State - José Moñino
Events Sources: 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. 24 August - Spain bombards Tangier in a response to Moroccan Sultan Moulay Yazid’s declaration of war and siege of Ceuta.Carmona Portillo, p. 190Ismaël Hamet, p. 376Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais, p. 268 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.
Births January 6 - Jose Melchor Gomiz February 16 - Infanta María Teresa March 10 - Manuela Malasaña March 10 - Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas July 9 - Nicolás Ledesma
Deaths
25 August - José Iglesias de la Casa (born 1748) 15 September - Tomás de Iriarte Unkown between 1789-1791 - Pedro Fitz-James Stuart
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