Events in year of 1783
- 01-14Congress ratifies peace treaty between US and England
- 01-20Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War
- 02-01William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex
- 02-03Spain recognizes US independence
- 02-04Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
- 02-05Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000
- 02-05Sweden recognizes US independence
- 03-05King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno
- 04-03Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce
- 04-08Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim
- 04-09Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India
- 05-04Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus
- 05-30Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in US
- 06-04Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)
- 06-05Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
- 06-08Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption
- 07-151st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
- 07-24Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia
- 07-29Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000
- 08-271st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
- 09-03Treaty of Paris signed (ending US Revolutionary War)
- 10-06Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
- 11-02Gen Washington bids farewell to his army
- 11-03Washington orders Continental Army disbanded
- 11-23Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784)
- 11-25Britain evacuates NYC, their last military position in US
- 12-01J van North launches unmanned balloon
- 12-07Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
- 12-07William Pitt Jr (24) becomes British Premier
- 12-091st execution at English Newgate-jail
People born in year of 1783
- 01-12Erik Gustaf Geijer: Swedish historian / poet (Natthimmelen)
- 01-23Stendahl [Marie Henri Beyle]: France -- Writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)
- 01-29Vasili A Zjukovski: Russian folk poet / translator (Homerus)
- 02-11Jarena Lee: Famous African
- 02-15Johann Nepomuk Poissl: Composer
- 03-08Gottfied Wilhelm Fink: Composer
- 03-08Hannah Hoes Van Buren: New York, United States -- Wife of President Martin (1837-41) (died 1819)
- 03-26Johann Baptist Weigl: Composer
- 04-03Washington Irving: US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
- 04-08John Claudius: London, England -- Horticulturist
- 04-10Hortense E de Beauharnais: French Queen of the Netherlands (1806-10)
- 04-29David Cox: English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)
- 05-09Alexander Ross: Canada -- Pioneer / fur trader
- 05-10Niccola Benvenuti: Composer
- 05-22Thomas Forbes Walmisley: Composer
- 06-08Joseph Lincke: Composer
- 06-19Thomas Sully: US portrait painter (Queen Victoria)
- 06-29August Alexander Klengel: Composer
- 08-07John Heathcoat: Inventor (lace-making machinery)
- 09-17Samuel Prout: Water-color painter
- 10-13Frantiszek Soltyk: Composer
- 12-11Max von Schenkendorf: German poet
- 12-14Johann Christoph Kienlen: Composer
- 12-28Robert Gallenberg: Composer
People died in year of 1783
- 01-05Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt: Composer, dies on 73rd birthday
- 02-06Lancelot "Capability" Brown: English Architect (Kew), dies at about 67
- 02-10James Nares: Composer, dies at 67
- 03-23Gaspard Fritz: Composer, dies at 67
- 04-07Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer: Composer, dies at 71
- 04-11Nikita I Panin: Russian Earl / ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64
- 05-03Pieter Valckx: South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49
- 05-23James Otis: American lawyer
- 07-27Johann Philipp Kirnberger: German music theroist / violist, dies at 62
- 08-06Willem Bachiene: Vicar / Theologist / geography / astronomer, dies at 70
- 12-16Johann Adolf Hasse: Dutch operatic Composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
Events in year of 1784
- 01-06Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
- 01-071st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
- 01-14Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris
- 02-221st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China, " sails from New York
- 02-28John Wesley charters Methodist Church
- 02-29Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
- 03-01E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain
- 04-151st balloon flight in Ireland
- 05-08Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
- 05-11England and Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty
- 05-20England and Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris)
- 05-22Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy
- 05-25Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
- 06-04Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly (in a balloon)
- 06-09John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
- 06-16Holland forbids orange clothes
- 06-231st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)
- 08-13English parliament accept India Act
- 08-23Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it
- 09-211st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet & General Advertiser)
- 09-21Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser 1st success US daily newspaper
- 09-22Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska
- 11-01Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents
- 12-21John Jay becomes 1st US Secretary of State (foreign affairs)
People born in year of 1784
- 01-01William Beale: Composer
- 01-27Martin-Joseph Mengal: Composer
- 01-28George HG Earl of Aberdeen: English Secretary of State
- 01-29Ferdinand Ries: Composer
- 01-31Carl Wilhelm Henning: Composer
- 02-03John Fane graaf van Westmorland: English (opera)composer / diplomat
- 02-20Adam Black: Edinburgh, Scotland -- Politician / publisher
- 02-27Elias Annes Borger: Dutch theologist / poet (To the Rhine)
- 02-27Job Plimpton: Composer
- 02-29Franz KL von Klenze: German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg)
- 04-05Louis [Ludwig] Spohr: Germany -- Violin virtuoso / composer (Faust)
- 04-13Cornelis Smit: Dutch ship builder
- 07-01Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Composer, Son of J.S. Bach, dies at 74
- 07-22Friedrich W Bessel: German astronomer (star parallax, Bessel Function)
- 08-14Francesco Capaccini: Italian Cardinal / diplomat
- 09-07Frantisek Max Knize: Composer
- 10-14Ferdinand VII MF: King of Spain
- 10-15Thomas Hastings: Composer
- 10-19Leigh Hunt: British writer (Lord Byron)
- 10-20Lord Henry JT Palmerston: English Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 11-24Zachary Taylor: (Whig) 12th President (March 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)
- 11-28Ferdinand Reis: Composer
- 12-01Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze: Composer
- 12-30Dorothea von Benckendorff: Baltic Monarch of Lieven
People died in year of 1784
- 01-11Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz: Composer, dies at 59
- 02-13Charles Gravier: French Earl of Vergennes / Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 02-24Anton Laube: Composer, dies at 65
- 02-28Phillis Wheatly: Poetess
- 04-02Pierre Leclair: Composer, dies at 74
- 04-04Mary Mead: Wife of English journalist John Wilkes
- 04-10Simon Fokke: Book illustrator, dies at 71
- 04-30Franz K Earl von Velbruck: German Freemason
- 06-06Joan Derk van de Capellen: Leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42
- 06-07Jean-Baptiste Canavas: Composer, dies at 71
- 07-01Wilhelm Friedmann Bach: Composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
- 07-15Johan B Straub: South German sculptor
- 07-31Denis Diderot: French writer / philosopher (Jacques le fataliste)
- 08-03Giovanni Battista Martini: Composer, dies at 78
- 08-06Karl Kohaut: Composer, dies at 57
- 08-10Allan Ramsay: Artist
- 09-04Cesar F Cassini "the Thury": French astronomer (geodesic labor)
- 09-27Boniface Stoecki: Composer, dies at 38
- 12-05Phillis Wheatley: 1st important black Poet in America, dies in Boston
Events in year of 1785
- 01-01"Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
- 01-071st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard & Jeffries)
- 01-11Continental Congress convenes in New York City
- 01-13John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times
- 01-14Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
- 01-15Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres
- 01-20Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Is), no takers
- 01-271st US state university chartered - Athens, Georgia
- 03-01Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized
- 04-21Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
- 05-09British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
- 05-23Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
- 07-06Congress resolves US currency named "dollar" andadopts decimal coinage
- 07-121st manned flight by gas balloon in the Netherlands
- 08-01Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet
- 08-15French Cardinal De Rohan arrested
- 09-01Mozart publishes 6 string quartet opus 10 in Vienna
- 09-10Prussia signs trade agreement with US
- 09-28Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
- 09-29Chasidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow Poland
- 11-10Netherlands and France signs treaty
- 11-17Church of England organizes in New England
People born in year of 1785
- 01-04Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm: Germany -- Librarian (fairy tale collector)
- 01-23Carl A Agardh: Sweden -- Botanist / Bishop of Karlstad
- 02-15Claude Louis Marie Navier
- 02-21Karl A Varnhagen von Ense: German officer / author (Die Sterner)
- 03-06Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski: Composer
- 03-07Alessandro Manzoni: Italy -- Poet / Novelist (Betrothed)
- 03-19Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann: Composer
- 03-27Louis XVII Charles: King of France (1793-95)
- 04-01J H Ferdinand Olivier: German painter
- 04-04Bettina Brentano: Composer
- 04-04Bettina von Arnim: German writer (This Book Belongs to the King)
- 04-09Sibrand Acker Stratingh: Dutch Physician / chemist (electric car 1835)
- 04-19Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely: Composer
- 05-06Arvir A Afzelius: Swedish story teller
- 05-09James Pollard Espy: Pennsylvania, United States -- Meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
- 07-06William J Hooker: English Botanist / director (Kew Gardens)
- 07-20Mahmud II: Sultan of Turkey (1808-39) / Westernizer / Reformer
- 08-15Thomas De Quincey: England, United Kingdom -- Writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)
- 08-19Seth Thomas: Pioneer in mass production of clocks
- 08-20Oliver Hazard Perry: US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy")
- 09-25George Frederic Pinto: Composer
- 09-28David Walker: Wilmington, North Carolina -- Abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens)
- 10-15Jose Miguel Carrera: President of Chile (1811-14)
- 10-18Thomas Love Peacock: English author (Headlong Hall)
- 10-31George F Kersting: German painter
- 11-02Frederic Kalkbrenner: Composer
- 11-02Johann Leopold Fuchs: Composer
- 11-08Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner: Composer
- 11-21William Beaumont: Surgeon (studied digestion)
- 11-23Joannes P Roothaan: 1st Dutch General of the Jesuits (1829-53)
People died in year of 1785
- 01-06Haym Salomon: Dies in Philadelphia at 44, helped finance the revolution
- 02-06Iman Willem Falck: Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
- 02-19Johann Christoph Richter: Composer, dies at 84
- 02-24Carlo Bonaparte: Corsican attorney, dies at 39
- 04-26Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff: Composer, dies at 40
- 04-30Frederick Philipse 3: Land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65
- 05-08Pietro Longhi: Painter
- 05-09Franz Xaver Schnitzer: Composer, dies at 44
- 05-10Etienne Joseph Floquet: Composer, dies at 36
- 05-15Karel Blazej Kopriva: Composer, dies at 29
- 05-23William Woollett: Engraver
- 06-05Gottfried August Homilius: Composer, dies at 71
- 06-06Johann Michael Demmler: Composer, dies at 36
- 06-25Pierre Talon: Composer, dies at 63
- 06-25Pieter Kintsius: VOC-supercarga / chief on Macau, dies at 53
- 06-27Egbert de Free Temminck: Amsterdam regent, dies at 84
- 07-13Stephen Hopkins: US judge / signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 78
- 08-14John William Fletcher: Evangelist
- 08-17Jonathan Trumbull: US patriot
- 08-21Jean B Pigalle: French Sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
- 10-24Jean-Jacques Robson: Composer, dies at 64
- 10-30Gustaf P Creutz: Swedish diplomat / Poet (Daphne), dies at 54
- 11-19Bernard de Bury: Composer, dies at 65
- 11-28William Whipple: Merchant / judge / signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 55
- 12-08Antonio Maria Mazzoni: Composer, dies at 68
- 12-29Johann Heinrich Rolle: Composer, dies at 69