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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 29   In the year 1783 david Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)  

May 03   Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

May 09   On this day in history alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader  

May 10   On this day in history niccola Benvenuti, composer  

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   On this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies  

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

May 30   Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in US on this day in history.  

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

Jun 04   In the year 1783 montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned)  

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

Jun 05   On this day in history joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight  

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

Jun 08   Joseph Lincke, composer in the year 1783.  

Jun 08   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1783 simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule  

Jul 27   Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62 in the year 1783.  

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   1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20   In the year 1783 birth of justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)  

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

Jan 23   In the year 1783 birth of stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)  

Jan 29   On this day in history 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   Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852) was born in the year 1783.  

Feb 10   In the year 1783 birth of fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (d. 1873)  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history james Nares, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 23   Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 30   In the year 1783 death of william Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718)  

Apr 07   Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1783.  

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