Page 2: Historical Events In 1783

Apr 08   In the year 1783 john Claudius, London England, horticulturist   

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

Apr 10   Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10) on this day in history.   

Apr 11   Congress declares end of war with Great Britain on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 19   In the year 1783 george Washington proclaims end of hostilities   

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

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

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

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

May 10   Niccola Benvenuti, composer on this day in history.   

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

May 22   Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer in the year 1783.   

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

May 30   In the year 1783 benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US   

May 30   On this day in history benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in US   

Jun 04   On this day in history montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)   

Jun 04   On this day in history montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned)   

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

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

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

Jun 08   In the year 1783 joseph Lincke, composer   

Jun 08   Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption in the year 1783.   

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

Jul 24   Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia in the year 1783.   

Jul 24   Simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1783 johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62   

Jul 29   On this day in history 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   John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) in the year 1783.   

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

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Jan 12   Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 29   In the year 1783 birth of vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]   

Feb 09   Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29] was born on this day in history.   

Feb 09   In the year 1783 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   In the year 1783 death of william Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1700)   

Feb 06   On this day in history lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67   

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

Mar 23   In the year 1783 gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 30   William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718) died in the year 1783.   

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.