Historical Events In 1783

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

Apr 09   Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India in the year 1783.   

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   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 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   In the year 1783 herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus   

May 09   Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader on this day in history.   

May 10   On this day in history niccola Benvenuti, composer   

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

May 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1783 montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)   

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 in the year 1783.   

Jun 05   Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight on this day in history.   

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

Jun 08   On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer   

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   On this day in history august Alexander Klengel, composer   

Jul 15   On this day in history 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France   

Jul 24   On this day in history georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia   

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

Jul 27   Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Jul 29   Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000 on this day in history.   

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   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

Jan 12   Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born in the year 1783.   

Jan 20   Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir) was born in the year 1783.   

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)   

Jan 29   Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9] was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1783 friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   On this day in history 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   On this day in history nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64