Historical Events In 1783

Apr 08   John Claudius, London England, horticulturist in the year 1783.  

Apr 09   On this day in history tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India  

Apr 10   In the year 1783 hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)  

Apr 11   Congress declares end of war with Great Britain in the year 1783.  

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

Apr 18   In the year 1783 fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.  

Apr 19   George Washington proclaims end of hostilities on this day in history.  

Apr 29   David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting) on this day in history.  

May 03   Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

May 04   On this day in history herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus  

May 09   In the year 1783 alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader  

May 10   On this day in history niccola Benvenuti, composer  

May 18   On this day in history first United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.  

May 22   Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer on this day in history.  

May 23   James Otis, American lawyer, dies in the year 1783.  

May 30   Benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US on this day in history.  

May 30   Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in US on this day in history.  

Jun 04   In the year 1783 montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)  

Jun 04   Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned) in the year 1783.  

Jun 05   Brothers Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier publicly demonstrate their hot-air baloon in 10-minute flight over Annonay, France on this day in history.  

Jun 05   In the year 1783 joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight  

Jun 05   Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make first public balloon flight on this day in history.  

Jun 08   Joseph Lincke, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 08   Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption on this day in history.  

Jun 19   Thomas Sully, US portrait painter (Queen Victoria) on this day in history.  

Jun 29   August Alexander Klengel, composer in the year 1783.  

Jul 15   1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France on this day in history.  

Jul 24   On this day in history georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia  

Jul 24   Simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule in the year 1783.  

Jul 27   On this day in history johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62  

Jul 29   In the year 1783 skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000  

Aug 06   On this day in history willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70  

Aug 07   In the year 1783 john Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery)  

Aug 27   On this day in history 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude  

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Jan 12   In the year 1783 birth of erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)  

Jan 20   In the year 1783 birth of justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)  

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)  

Jan 23   Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9] was born on this day in history.  

Feb 09   Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29] was born in the year 1783.  

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

Feb 10   Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1700) died on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 in the year 1783.  

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

Mar 23   On this day in history gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 30   On this day in history death of william Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718)  

Apr 07   Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1783.  

Apr 11   Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64 on this day in history.