Historical Events In 1787

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

Jan 05   John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history johann Ludwig Bohner, composer   

Jan 11   Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Titania &Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history william Herschel discovers that the planet Uranus has moons   

Jan 25   On this day in history shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass   

Jan 25   Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield MA in the year 1787.   

Jan 28   Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes in the year 1787.   

Feb 02   In the year 1787 arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation.   

Feb 04   1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London in the year 1787.   

Feb 04   Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails in the year 1787.   

Feb 04   The first Anglican bishops of New York &Pennsylvania consecrated in London in the year 1787.   

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

Feb 13   On this day in history james P Carrell, composer   

Feb 16   In the year 1787 andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer   

Feb 18   On this day in history austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor   

Feb 23   Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.   

Feb 28   The charter establishing the institution now known as the University of Pittsburgh is granted in the year 1787.   

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

Mar 06   Joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum) in the year 1787.   

Mar 08   In the year 1787 karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery   

Mar 10   William Etty, English painter (nudes) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 16   Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) in the year 1787.   

Mar 17   In the year 1787 george Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)   

Apr 12   On this day in history philadelphia's Free African Society forms   

Apr 16   1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in NYC in the year 1787.   

Apr 26   Ludwig Uhland, writer in the year 1787.   

May 06   On this day in history 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston   

May 10   Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings on this day in history.   

May 13   On this day in history a fleet of eleven ships left Britain with two years provision and a cargo of 759 unwilling convicts, their guards,and ships crew numbering - 1530 people in all. They were to colonise a new land. Australia   

May 13   Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay on this day in history.   

May 13   Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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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 in the year 1787.   

Feb 13   In the year 1787 birth of james P Carrell, composer   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history birth of emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)   

Mar 06   Joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 08   In the year 1787 birth of karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery   

Jan 01   On this day in history arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44   

Feb 12   On this day in history ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75   

Feb 13   RuÄ‘er BoÅ¡ković, Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) died in the year 1787.   

Apr 02   Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719) died in the year 1787.   

May 10   William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) died on this day in history.