Page 2: Historical Events In 1783

Apr 08   On this day in history john Claudius, London England, horticulturist   

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

Apr 10   In the year 1783 hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)   

Apr 11   In the year 1783 congress declares end of war with Great Britain   

Apr 11   In the year 1783 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 on this day in history.   

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

May 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1783 alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader   

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

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

May 22   In the year 1783 thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer   

May 23   James Otis, American lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

May 30   Benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US in the year 1783.   

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

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

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

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   In the year 1783 laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption   

Jun 19   Thomas Sully, US portrait painter (Queen Victoria) in the year 1783.   

Jun 29   August Alexander Klengel, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 15   In the year 1783 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France   

Jul 24   In the year 1783 georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia   

Jul 24   Simon Bolívar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule in the year 1783.   

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

Jul 29   Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000 in the year 1783.   

Aug 06   Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Aug 07   John Heathcoat, inventor (lace-making machinery) in the year 1783.   

Aug 27   On this day in history 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude   

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Jan 12   On this day in history birth of erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)   

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

Jan 29   Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9] was born in the year 1783.   

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

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)   

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

Jan 05   Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday on this day in history.   

Jan 07   William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1700) died on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1783 lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67   

Feb 10   James Nares, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1783.   

Mar 23   On this day in history gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67   

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

Apr 07   In the year 1783 ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71   

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