Aug 09 First ascent of Mt Blanc

Aug 08 Mt Blanc, the tallest mountain in Europe, climbed for the first time

Aug 17 The birth of Davy Crockett, US frontiersman killed at the Alamo

Aug 29 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass

Sep 11 Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce

Feb 13 Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia

Feb 24 Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India

Feb 24 The birth of Wilhelm Grimm, Author of fairy tales

May 01 Wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna

May 01 Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)

Jul 29 The first newspaper published west of Alleghenies, Pitts Gazette

Jun 08 First commercially-made ice cream sold (NY)

Jan 06 In Saint John, New Brunswick the first sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John.

Jan 06 In Saint John, New Brunswick the first sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John.