Historical Events In 1786
Thursday, 01 January 2026
Jan 03 On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer 


Jan 04 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on this day in history. 


Jan 06 In Saint John, New Brunswick the first sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John in the year 1786. 


Jan 08 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank on this day in history. 


Jan 26 Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times) on this day in history. 


Feb 13 Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia in the year 1786. 


Feb 20 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1786. 


Feb 24 Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India on this day in history. 


Feb 24 The birth of Wilhelm Grimm, Author of fairy tales in the year 1786. 


Feb 24 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales) on this day in history. 


Feb 28 On this day in history d Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician 


Mar 07 Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1786. 


Mar 11 On this day in history jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28 


Mar 23 In the year 1786 patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) 


Mar 25 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist in the year 1786. 


Apr 04 In the year 1786 john Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) 


Apr 07 William Rufus DeVane King, (D) 13th VP (1853) in the year 1786. 


Apr 18 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer in the year 1786. 


Apr 20 In the year 1786 john Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 


Apr 23 On this day in history alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 


May 01 On this day in history mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) 


May 01 In the year 1786 wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna 


May 05 Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies in the year 1786. 


May 06 Ludwig Borne, writer on this day in history. 


May 08 In the year 1786 thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry 


May 19 On this day in history john Stanley, composer, dies at 74 


May 21 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 in the year 1786. 


Jun 08 In the year 1786 commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr Hall, NYC) 


Jun 08 On this day in history first commercially-made ice cream sold (NY) 


Jun 10 In the year 1786 a landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China. 


Jun 13 Winfield Scott, army general (Union)/presidential candidate in the year 1786. 


Jun 29 Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario on this day in history. 


Jul 22 Vaclav Kalous, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1786. 


Jul 25 In the year 1786 giacomo Cordella, composer 


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