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== Events ==
 
== Events ==
=== January–March ===
 
 
* [[January 6]] – Treaty of Constantinople: The [[Ottoman Empire]] agrees to [[Russian Empire|Russia]]'s annexation of the [[Crimean Peninsula|Crimea]].
 
* [[January 6]] – Treaty of Constantinople: The [[Ottoman Empire]] agrees to [[Russian Empire|Russia]]'s annexation of the [[Crimean Peninsula|Crimea]].
* [[January 14]] – The [[Congress of the United States]] ratifies the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] with [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] to end the [[American Revolutionary War]], with the signature of [[President of the Continental Congress|President of Congress]] [[Thomas Mifflin]].* [[January 15]] – [[Henry Cavendish]]'s paper to the [[Royal Society]] of [[London]], ''Experiments on Air'', reveals the composition of [[water (molecule)|water]].
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* [[January 14]] – The [[Congress of the United States]] ratifies the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] with [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] to end the [[American Revolutionary War]], with the signature of [[President of the Continental Congress|President of Congress]] [[Thomas Mifflin]].*
* [[February 24]] – The [[Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam]] begins.
 
 
* [[February 28]] – [[John Wesley]] ordains ministers for the [[Methodist Church]] in the [[United States]].
 
* [[February 28]] – [[John Wesley]] ordains ministers for the [[Methodist Church]] in the [[United States]].
* [[March 1]] – The Confederation Congress accepts Virginia's [[state cessions|cession of all rights to the Northwest Territory]] and to Kentucky.
 
* [[March 22]] – The [[Emerald Buddha]] is installed at the ''[[Wat Phra Kaew]]'', on the grounds of the [[Grand Palace]] in [[Bangkok]].
 
 
=== April–June ===
 
* [[April 23]] – The Congress of the Confederation passes the Ordinance of Governance to set guidelines for adding to the original 13 states in the [[United States of America]].
 
* [[April 27]] – ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (play)|The Marriage of Figaro]]'', written by playwright [[Pierre Beaumarchais]] as a sequel to [[The Barber of Seville (play)|''The Barber of Seville'']], premieres at the [[Comédie-Française]] in [[Paris]].* [[May 12]] – The [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]], signed on [[September 3]] [[1783|the previous year]], comes into effect.
 
 
* [[May 20]] – A [[treaty]] is signed in [[Peace of Paris (1783)|Paris]] between the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and the [[Dutch Republic]], formally ending the [[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]].
 
* [[May 20]] – A [[treaty]] is signed in [[Peace of Paris (1783)|Paris]] between the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and the [[Dutch Republic]], formally ending the [[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]].
* [[June 4]] – [[Elizabeth Thible]] is the first woman to ascend in a [[hot air balloon]], at [[Lyon]], [[France]].
 
 
=== July–September ===
 
 
* [[July 9]] – The [[Bank of New York]] opens as the first in New York state and continues to operate under that name for almost 223 years until being acquired by [[Mellon Financial]] and becoming [[BNY Mellon]].
 
* [[July 9]] – The [[Bank of New York]] opens as the first in New York state and continues to operate under that name for almost 223 years until being acquired by [[Mellon Financial]] and becoming [[BNY Mellon]].
 
* [[July 29]] – The United States and the Kingdom of France sign a convention for establishing diplomatic relations and "determining the functions and prerogatives of their respective consuls, vice consuls, agents, and commissaries".
 
* [[July 29]] – The United States and the Kingdom of France sign a convention for establishing diplomatic relations and "determining the functions and prerogatives of their respective consuls, vice consuls, agents, and commissaries".
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* [[August 15]] – [[Cardinal de Rohan]] is called before the French court to account for his actions, in the [[Affair of the Diamond Necklace]].
 
* [[August 15]] – [[Cardinal de Rohan]] is called before the French court to account for his actions, in the [[Affair of the Diamond Necklace]].
 
* [[August 16]] – [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] creates the colony of [[New Brunswick]].
 
* [[August 16]] – [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] creates the colony of [[New Brunswick]].
* [[September 19]] – In [[France]], the [[Robert brothers]] (Anne-Jean Robert and Nicolas-Louis Robert) and a Mr. Collin-Hullin (whose first name is lost to history) become the first people to fly more than 100 km or 100 miles in the air, lifting off from [[Paris]] and landing 6 hours and 40 minutes later near [[Bethune]] after a journey of {{convert|186|km}}.
 
 
* [[September 22]] – [[Russia]] establishes a [[colony]] at [[Kodiak, Alaska]].
 
* [[September 22]] – [[Russia]] establishes a [[colony]] at [[Kodiak, Alaska]].
 
=== October–December ===
 
* [[October 8]] – "[[Kettle War]]", a 1-day action on the [[Scheldt]] in which a ship of the [[Dutch Republic]] repels forces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
 
* [[October 22]] – [[North Carolina]] rescinds its resolution [[state cessions|ceding its western territory]] (modern-day Tennessee) to the United States, after earlier giving Congress two years to accept the terms.
 
 
* [[October 31]]–[[December 14]] – The [[Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan]] in [[Transylvania]] causes [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]] to suspend the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Constitution]].
 
* [[October 31]]–[[December 14]] – The [[Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan]] in [[Transylvania]] causes [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]] to suspend the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Constitution]].
 
* [[November 26]] – The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore|Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States]] is established.
 
* [[November 26]] – The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore|Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States]] is established.
* [[November 27]] – The phenomenon of [[black holes]] is first posited in a paper by [[John Michell]], in the ''[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London]]''.
 
 
* [[November 30]] – [[Richard Henry Lee]] of Virginia is selected as the new President of the Confederation Congress.
 
* [[November 30]] – [[Richard Henry Lee]] of Virginia is selected as the new President of the Confederation Congress.
 
* [[December]] – [[Immanuel Kant]]'s essay "[[Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment?]]" is published.
 
* [[December]] – [[Immanuel Kant]]'s essay "[[Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment?]]" is published.
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* [[King Carlos III]] of the [[Spanish Empire]] authorizes land grants in [[Alta California]].
 
* [[King Carlos III]] of the [[Spanish Empire]] authorizes land grants in [[Alta California]].
 
* Princess [[Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova]] is named first president of the newly created [[Russian Academy]].
 
* Princess [[Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova]] is named first president of the newly created [[Russian Academy]].
* The [[North Carolina General Assembly]] incorporates the town of Morgansborough, named for [[Daniel Morgan]].  The town is designated as the county seat for [[Burke County, North Carolina]] and is subsequently renamed ''Morgan'', later shortened to [[Morganton, North Carolina|Morganton]].
 
* The North Carolina General Assembly changes the name of Kingston, North Carolina, originally named for King [[George III of Great Britain]], to [[Kinston, North Carolina|Kinston]].
 
 
* The [[Japan]]ese famine continues as 300,000 die of starvation.
 
* The [[Japan]]ese famine continues as 300,000 die of starvation.
* A huge [[locust]] [[swarm]] hits [[South Africa]].
 
* Foundation of the first theater in Estonia, the [[Tallinna saksa teater]].
 
* [[Benjamin Franklin]] invents [[bifocals|bifocal]] [[spectacles]].
 
* [[Benjamin Franklin]] tries in vain to persuade the [[France|French]] to alter their clocks in winter to take advantage of the daylight.
 
 
* [[Antoine Lavoisier]] pioneers quantitative chemistry.
 
* [[Antoine Lavoisier]] pioneers quantitative chemistry.
 
* [[Cholesterol]] is isolated.
 
* [[Cholesterol]] is isolated.
* [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] pioneers the field of summation with the formula summing at the age of 7.
 
* [[Angelique du Coudray|Madame du Coudray]], pioneer of modern midwifery, retires.</onlyinclude>
 
  
 
== Births ==
 
== Births ==

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The philosopher and writer Denis Diderot dies, best known for being chief editor and contributor to the enlightenment Encyclopédie

Events

Date unknown

Births

Deaths

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
George Hamilton-Gordon28 January 1784Scotland
Edinburgh
Midlothian
14 December 1860PoliticianUK PM
Henry John Temple20 October 1784United Kingdom
Westminster
Middlesex
18 October 1865PoliticianA British politician who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century.
Zachary Taylor24 November 1784United States
Virginia
Barboursville
9 July 1850Soldier
Politician
President of the United States. Poisoned.
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