Historical Events In 1783

Jan 05   Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history american congress ratifies peace treaty (Treaty of Paris) between US and UK  

Jan 14   On this day in history congress ratifies peace treaty between US & England  

Jan 20   On this day in history hostilities cease in Revolutionary War  

Jan 20   In the year 1783 u.S. and British representatives signed a preliminary Cessation of Hostilities, which ended the fighting in the Revolutionary War.  

Jan 23   In the year 1783 stendhal, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)  

Jan 23   On this day in history the birth of Marie Henri Beyle de Stendahl, French writer  

Jan 29   In the year 1783 vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]  

Feb 01   William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1783 spain recognizes the independent country calling itself the United States of America.  

Feb 03   Spain recognizes US independence in the year 1783.  

Feb 04   In the year 1783 england agrees to end hostilities against the US.  

Feb 04   In the year 1783 england officially proclaims an end to hostilities in America  

Feb 04   In the year 1783 in Calabria, Italy an earthquate casued 50,000 deaths. One of the world's most destructive earthquakes. A series of six strong earthquakes, occurring over a two-month period, caused massive destruction  

Feb 04   In the year 1783 worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)  

Feb 05   In the year 1783 earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000  

Feb 05   Sweden recognizes the United States as an independent country on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 09   Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29] on this day in history.  

Feb 10   On this day in history james Nares, composer, dies at 67  

Feb 11   Jarena Lee, famous African on this day in history.  

Feb 15   In the year 1783 johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer  

Mar 05   In the year 1783 king Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno  

Mar 08   On this day in history gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer  

Mar 15   In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'etat never takes place in the year 1783.  

Mar 23   Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 26   Johann Baptist Weigl, composer in the year 1783.  

Apr 03   Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce on this day in history.  

Apr 03   In the year 1783 the birth of Washington Irving, American author  

Apr 03   Washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow) on this day in history.  

Apr 07   In the year 1783 ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71  

Apr 08   Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim on this day in history.  

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Jan 12   Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born in the year 1783.  

Jan 23   Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842) was born in the year 1783.  

Jan 29   Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9] was born in the year 1783.  

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29]  

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)  

Feb 10   On this day in history birth of fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (d. 1873)  

Jan 05   Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday in the year 1783.  

Jan 07   In the year 1783 death of william Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1700)  

Feb 06   Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   On this day in history james Nares, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 23   Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 30   In the year 1783 death of william Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718)  

Apr 07   In the year 1783 ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71  

Apr 11   On this day in history nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64