Historical Events In 1783

Apr 08   On this day in history john Claudius, London England, horticulturist  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 11   In the year 1783 nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64  

Apr 18   On this day in history fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began.  

Apr 19   George Washington proclaims end of hostilities in the year 1783.  

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

May 03   In the year 1783 pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49  

May 04   Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus in the year 1783.  

May 09   Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader in the year 1783.  

May 10   On this day in history niccola Benvenuti, composer  

May 18   In the year 1783 first United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.  

May 22   In the year 1783 thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer  

May 23   James Otis, American lawyer, dies on this day in history.  

May 30   On this day in history benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US  

May 30   In the year 1783 benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in US  

Jun 04   Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned) on this day in history.  

Jun 04   Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned) on this day in history.  

Jun 05   Brothers Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier publicly demonstrate their hot-air baloon in 10-minute flight over Annonay, France in the year 1783.  

Jun 05   Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight on this day in history.  

Jun 05   On this day in history joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make first public balloon flight  

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

Jun 08   In the year 1783 laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption  

Jun 19   On this day in history thomas Sully, US portrait painter (Queen Victoria)  

Jun 29   In the year 1783 august Alexander Klengel, composer  

Jul 15   In the year 1783 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France  

Jul 24   In the year 1783 georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia  

Jul 24   In the year 1783 simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule  

Jul 27   In the year 1783 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   In the year 1783 willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70  

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

Aug 27   1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude in the year 1783.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

Jan 12   Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born in the year 1783.  

Jan 20   Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 09   Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852) was born in the year 1783.  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday  

Jan 07   William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1700) died in the year 1783.  

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

Feb 10   In the year 1783 james Nares, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 23   Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1783.  

Mar 30   William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718) died on this day in history.  

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.