Explore 263 historical events from 1780–1789.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician. He completed more than 800 works in his life—including outstanding examples of most of the genres of his time: sympho…
Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant symphonies in a minor key.
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. While the convention was initially intended to revise the league of states and the first…
After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum o
Oliver Ellsworth was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. Ellsworth was a framer of the United States Constitution, United States sen…
Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'
Erastus "Deaf" Smith, who earned his nickname due to hearing loss in childhood, was an American frontiersman noted for his part in the Texas Revolution and the Army of the Republic…
Deaf Smith, American soldier (died 1837)
Johann Ludwig Uhland was a German poet, philologist, literary historian, lawyer and politician.
Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (died 1862)
Jacques Viger was an antiquarian, archaeologist, and the first mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (died 1858)
Louis-Constant Prévost was a French geologist.
Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (died 1856)
The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States from …
The Congress of the Confederation enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest…
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, …
Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in…
Lavinia Stoddard was an American poet and school founder from Connecticut. She spent her early years in New Jersey, where she received her education. After marrying physician Willi…
Lavinia Stoddard, American poet, school founder (died 1820)
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen was an American writer, editor, and abolitionist. In her early life, she contributed various pieces of prose and poetry to papers and magazines. In 1828, she…
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist (died 1860)
John Owen was the 24th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina and the state's first Democratic governor from 1828 to 1830.
John Owen, American governor of North Carolina (died 1841)
James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S, a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarcti…
James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (died 1834)
Sir William Watson, FRS was a British physician and scientist who was born and died in London. His early work was in botany, and he helped to introduce the work of Carl Linnaeus in…
William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (born 1715)
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin te…
Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1719)
Carl Friedrich Abel was a German composer of the early Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba, and produced significant compositions for that instrument. He …
Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (born 1723)
Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise was a French Royal Army officer and courtier who served during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was the last male of his branch of the H…
Charles de Rohan, French marshal (born 1715)
Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise was a French Royal Army officer and courtier who served during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was the last male of his branch of the H…
Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (born 1715)
Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop and saint, as well as a spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian…
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (born 1696)
Francis Blackburne was an English Anglican clergyman, archdeacon of Cleveland and an activist against the requirement of subscription to the Thirty Nine Articles.
Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (born 1705)
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. While the convention was initially intended to revise the league of states and the first…
The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia with the intention of revising the Articles of Confederation of the Un
A landslide dam is the natural damming of a river by some kind of landslide, such as a debris flow, rock avalanche or volcanic eruption. If the damming landslide is caused by an ea…
A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan pr
Gavriil Loginovich Pribylov was a Russian navigator who discovered the Bering Sea islands of St. George Island and St. Paul Island in 1786 and 1787. The islands, and surrounding sm…
Gavriil Pribylov discovers St
Bishop Alexander Macdonell was the first Roman Catholic bishop of Kingston, Upper Canada.
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontar