Historical Events In 1787

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

May 14   On this day in history delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution  

May 17   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

May 28   Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 12   On this day in history law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old  

Jun 20   In the year 1787 carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63  

Jun 20   Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States on this day in history.  

Jun 28   Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces on this day in history.  

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

Jul 04   On this day in history charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71  

Jul 06   In the year 1787 french government proclaims end to stamp/land tax  

Jul 13   Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) in the year 1787.  

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

Jul 15   Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes in the year 1787.  

Aug 01   In the year 1787 alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90  

Aug 02   Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc in the year 1787.  

Aug 06   In the year 1787 constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate  

Aug 10   Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik" in the year 1787.  

Aug 13   In the year 1787 isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies  

Aug 15   In the year 1787 alexander Aliabiev, composer  

Aug 17   Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups on this day in history.  

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

Aug 22   On this day in history john Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton  

Aug 24   On this day in history james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)  

Aug 24   On this day in history wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526  

Sep 01   John Bake, classical composer on this day in history.  

Sep 10   John Jordan Crittenden, MC (Union), died in 1863 on this day in history.  

Sep 12   Black Masons form 1st lodge in the year 1787.  

Sep 13   On this day in history prussian army moves into Netherlands  

Sep 15   In the year 1787 -16] Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam  

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of john Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)  

Jan 08   Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer was born in the year 1787.  

Jan 13   John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 13   James P Carrell, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer  

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   Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery was born in the year 1787.  

Jan 01   Arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   In the year 1787 ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75  

Feb 13   In the year 1787 death of ruđer Bošković, Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711)  

Mar 02   In the year 1787 jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73  

Mar 11   Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 in the year 1787.  

Apr 01   Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) died on this day in history.  

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)