Explore 404 historical events from 1780–1789.
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 It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, …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…
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)
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)
Abdülhamid I or Abdul Hamid I was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to 1789. A devout and pacifist sultan, he inherited a bankrupt empire and sought military reforms, incl…
Sultan Abdul Hamid I declares war against the Russian Empire in an effort to regain territories lost in previous…
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 It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, …
The United States Constitution is signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bringing the Constitutional Convention…
The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was …
The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures…
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)
François Sulpice Beudant was a French mineralogist and geologist. The mineral beudantite was named after him.
François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (died 1850)
John Jordan Crittenden was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate a…
John J. Crittenden, American statesman and politician (died 1863)
Justina Jeffreys was a Jamaican-born British gentlewoman in Wales. She resided the majority of her life at Glandyfi Castle which was built by her husband.
Justina Jeffreys, Jamaican-born British gentlewoman (died 1869)
Teresa Casati Confalonieri was an Italian noblewoman and revolutionist. She is known as the wife of revolutionist Federico Confalonieri, sister of former Prime Minister of the King…
Teresa Casati, Italian noblewomen and revolutionary (died 1830)
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics between the July Revolution and the Revolution of 184…
François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (died 1874)
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)
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, was a German-born Lutheran clergyman and missionary. Born in Einbeck, Muhlenberg immigrated to the Province of Pennsylvania in response to demands from L…
Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (born 1711)
Johann Karl August Musäus was a German author. He was one of the first collectors of German folk stories, most celebrated for his Volksmärchen der Deutschen (1782–1787), a collecti…
Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (born 1735)