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== Events ==
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* [[February 2]] – In a speech before [[The Asiatic Society]] in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[William Jones (philologist)|Sir William Jones]] notes the formal resemblances between [[Latin]], [[Ancient Greek|Greek]], and [[Sanskrit]], laying the foundation for [[historical linguistics|comparative linguistics]] and [[Indo-European studies]].
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* [[March 1]] &ndash; The [[Ohio Company of Associates]] is organized by five businessman at a meeting at the [[Bunch-of-Grapes]] Tavern in [[Boston]], to purchase land from the United States government to form settlements in what is now the U.S. state of [[Ohio]].<ref>"Manasseh Cutler, the Man Who Purchased Ohio", by William F. Poole, in ''New England Historical and Genealogical Register'' (April 1873) p161</ref><ref>''The Cincinnati Directory Advertiser for the Years 1836–7'' (J. H. Woodruff, 1836) p198</ref>
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* [[May 21]] &ndash; The trial in the [[Affair of the Diamond Necklace]] ends in Paris.
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* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Convention of London (1786)|Convention of London]] between the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and the [[Kingdom of Spain]]: British settlements on the [[Mosquito Coast]] of Central America are to be evacuated; Spain expands the territory available to the British in [[Belize]] on the [[Yucatán Peninsula]], for cutting [[mahogany]].
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* [[July 31]] - The [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet of Great Britain]] approves the establishment of a [[penal colony]], at [[Botany Bay]] in Australia.
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* [[August 11]] &ndash; Captain [[Francis Light]] acquires the island of [[Penang]] from the Sultan of [[Kedah]] on behalf of the [[British East India Company]].
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*  [[August 17]] &ndash; The paternal nephew of Frederick the Great, Frederick William, becomes King of [[Prussia]], as [[Frederick William II]].
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*  [[August 18]] &ndash; The Kingdom of [[Denmark]] (including [[Norway]]) charters six settlements in [[Iceland]] to trade with it, thus ending the [[Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly]], and founding [[Reykjavík]].
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* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Shays' Rebellion]] begins in [[Massachusetts]].
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* [[October 10]] &ndash; The Confederation Congress of the United States directs backpay for seven months for Virginia officers who have been waiting since 1782.<ref>''Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia'' (January 6, 1787) p145</ref> 
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* [[October 12]] &ndash; King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Captain Arthur Phillip as the first Governor of New Holland, which comprises the area of modern Australia from the [[135th meridian east]] to the east coast and all adjacent islands in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>"Conquest", by Alan Atkinson, in ''Australia's Empire'', ed. by Deryck M. Schreuder, Deryck Schreuder and Stuart Ward (Oxford University Press, 2008) p33</ref>
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* [[October 16]] &ndash; The Confederation Congress establishes the United States Mint to make common coinage and currency for the U.S., to replace individual state coins.
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* [[October 24]] &ndash; General David Cobb of the Massachusetts militia defeats a body of rebel insurgents at [[Taunton, Massachusetts]] in one of the battles of [[Shays' Rebellion]].<ref>''Collections of the Old Colony Historical Society'' No. 6 (1899) p151</ref>
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* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Peter Leopold Joseph]] of [[Habsburg-Lorraine]], Grand Duke of [[Tuscany]], promulgates a penal reform, making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. [[November 30]] is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world, as [[Cities for Life Day]].
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Latest revision as of 03:26, 13 March 2021

1776 < 1777 < 1778 < 1779 < 1780 < 1781 < 1782 <1783 < 1784 < 1785 < 1786 > 1787 > 1788 > 1789 > 1790 > 1791 > 1792 > 1793 > 1794 > 1795 > 1796

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References

  1. "Manasseh Cutler, the Man Who Purchased Ohio", by William F. Poole, in New England Historical and Genealogical Register (April 1873) p161
  2. The Cincinnati Directory Advertiser for the Years 1836–7 (J. H. Woodruff, 1836) p198
  3. Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (January 6, 1787) p145
  4. "Conquest", by Alan Atkinson, in Australia's Empire, ed. by Deryck M. Schreuder, Deryck Schreuder and Stuart Ward (Oxford University Press, 2008) p33
  5. Collections of the Old Colony Historical Society No. 6 (1899) p151