Historical Events In 1787

May 14   Delegates gather in Phila to draw up US constitution in the year 1787.  

May 14   Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution on this day in history.  

May 17   In the year 1787 english slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes  

May 24   In the year 1787 the Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates attends in Philadelphia  

May 25   On this day in history constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding  

May 25   Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding in the year 1787.  

May 28   In the year 1787 johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67  

May 29   On this day in history "Virginia Plan" proposed  

Jun 12   Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old on this day in history.  

Jun 20   Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 in the year 1787.  

Jun 20   In the year 1787 oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.  

Jun 28   Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces in the year 1787.  

Jul 02   de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered in the year 1787.  

Jul 04   In the year 1787 charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71  

Jul 06   French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax in the year 1787.  

Jul 13   In the year 1787 congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)  

Jul 13   Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop on this day in history.  

Jul 15   Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90  

Aug 02   In the year 1787 horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc  

Aug 06   Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate in the year 1787.  

Aug 10   In the year 1787 mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"  

Aug 13   Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies in the year 1787.  

Aug 15   Alexander Aliabiev, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups  

Aug 19   In the year 1787 w Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn  

Aug 22   In the year 1787 john Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton  

Aug 24   James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) in the year 1787.  

Aug 24   Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 on this day in history.  

Sep 01   In the year 1787 john Bake, classical composer  

Sep 10   In the year 1787 john Jordan Crittenden, MC (Union), died in 1863  

Sep 12   In the year 1787 black Masons form 1st lodge  

Sep 13   Prussian army moves into Netherlands on this day in history.  

Sep 15   -16] Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam on this day in history.  

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Jan 05   John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) was born in the year 1787.  

Jan 08   Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of john Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)  

Feb 13   James P Carrell, composer was born in the year 1787.  

Feb 16   Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum) was born in the year 1787.  

Mar 08   In the year 1787 birth of karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery  

Jan 01   In the year 1787 arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44  

Feb 12   Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 in the year 1787.  

Feb 13   Ruđer Bošković, Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711) died in the year 1787.  

Mar 02   Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 in the year 1787.  

Mar 11   Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Apr 01   In the year 1787 death of floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710)  

Apr 02   Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719) died in the year 1787.  

May 10   On this day in history death of william Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)