Historical Events In 1783

Dec 16   Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Dec 18   English king George III fires govt of Portland in the year 1783.  

Dec 19   In the year 1783 charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)  

Dec 19   English govt of Pitt Jr forms on this day in history.  

Dec 20   Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Dec 22   On this day in history washington resigns his military commission  

Dec 23   General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress on this day in history.  

Dec 23   Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief on this day in history.  

Dec 28   On this day in history robert Gallenberg, composer  

Dec 31   Import of African slaves banned by all of the Northern states 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 in the year 1783.  

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 in the year 1783.  

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   In the year 1783 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   James Nares, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1783.  

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

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

Apr 07   Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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