Events in year of 1786
- 02-13Abraham Baldwin selected President of University of Georgia
- 02-24Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India
- 06-08Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr Hall, NYC)
- 07-291st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pittsburgh Gazette
- 08-02Utrechtse Vroedschap flees
- 08-08Congress adopts silver dollar and decimal system of money
- 08-08Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc
- 09-05Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
- 09-11Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce
- 09-26England and France sign trade agreement
- 10-20Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in US
People born in year of 1786
- 01-03Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider: Composer
- 01-08Nicholas Biddle: Made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank
- 01-26Benjamin Robert Haydon: Plymouth -- Painter (Waiting for The Times)
- 02-28D Francois J Arago: French astronomer / physicist / politician
- 03-25Giovanni B Amia: Italian astronomer / physicist / Botanist
- 04-04John Franklin: British explorer (Arctic)
- 04-07William Rufus DeVane King: (D) 13th VP (1853)
- 04-18Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee: Composer
- 05-08Thomas Hancock: Founded British rubber industry
- 06-13Winfield Scott: Army General (Union) / presidential candidate
- 07-25Giacomo Cordella: Composer
- 08-01Louis C Luzac: Judge / Dutch Internal minister
- 08-25[Charles] Louis I [Augustus]: King of Bavaria (Lola Montez)
- 09-11Friedrich Kuhlau: Composer
- 09-18Justinus AC Kerner: German family doctor / poet / writer
- 09-27Jose Mariano Elizaga: Composer
- 11-07Francisco Andrevi y Castellar: Composer
- 11-10Carl Eberwein: Composer
- 11-18Henry Rowley Bishop: British composer / conductor
- 12-05Henry Drummond: English banker / apostole
- 12-18Carl Maria von Weber: Germany -- Romantic composer (Der Freischutz)
- 12-20Pietro Raimondi: Composer
People died in year of 1786
- 01-04Mozes Mendelssohn: Jewish / German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
- 02-20Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht: Composer, dies at 70
- 03-07Frantisek Benda: Composer, dies at 76
- 03-11Jacobus Bellamy [Zelandus]: Dutch / Swiss poet, dies at 28
- 03-23Patience Wright: 1st US woman pro artist
- 04-20John Goodricke: English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at 21
- 04-23Alexander Cozens: English water colors painter, dies at about 68
- 05-05Pedro III: King of Portugal
- 05-19John Stanley: Composer, dies at 74
- 05-21Carl W Scheele: Swedish pharmacist / chemist, dies at 43
- 07-22Vaclav Kalous: Composer, dies at 71
- 07-29Franz Asplmayr: Composer, dies at 58
- 08-07Friedrich Schwindl: Composer, dies at 49
- 08-16Henri-Jacques de Croes: Flemish Composer / bandmaster, dies at 80
- 08-17Frederik II: King of Prussia (1740-86) / composer, dies at 74
- 10-02August Keppel: 1st viscount / naval commander / politican
- 10-06Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini: Composer, dies at 56
- 10-19Pietro Alessandro Pavona: Composer, dies at 58
Events in year of 1787
- 01-11Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
- 02-041st Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania consecrated in London
- 02-18Austrian Emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor
- 04-161st American comedy, "The Contrast, " made its debut in New York City
- 05-061st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston
- 05-10Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings
- 05-13Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
- 05-14Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution
- 05-17English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes
- 05-25Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, G Washington presiding
- 05-29"Virginia Plan" proposed
- 06-12Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
- 07-02De Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered
- 07-06French government proclaims end to stamp / land tax
- 07-06Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede
- 07-13Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
- 07-13Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop
- 07-15Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
- 08-02Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc
- 08-06Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begans debate
- 08-10Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"
- 08-10Turkey declares war on Russia
- 08-17Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
- 08-19W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
- 08-24Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526
- 09-12Black Masons form 1st lodge
- 09-13Prussian army moves into Netherlands
- 09-17Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem
- 09-17US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
- 09-20Prince Willem V returns to Hague
People born in year of 1787
- 01-08Johann Ludwig Bohner: Composer
- 02-13James P Carrell: Composer
- 02-16Andreas Schelfhout: Dutch painter / etcher / lithographer
- 02-23Emma Willard: United States -- Opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)
- 03-08Karl Ferdinand von Grafe: Help create modern plastic surgery
- 03-10William Etty: English painter (nudes)
- 04-26Ludwig Uhland: Writer
- 06-28Henry G W Smith: Leader of British-Indian forces
- 08-15Alexander Aliabiev: Composer
- 08-24James Weddell: Ostend, England -- Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
- 09-01John Bake: Classical composer
- 09-10John Jordan Crittenden: MC (Union), died in 1863
- 09-18Johann D Passavant: German historian / painter / graphic artist
- 10-04Francois P G Guizot: French historian / politician
- 10-30Karl Guhr: Composer
- 11-17Michele Carafa: Composer
- 11-18Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist / feminist
- 11-21Samuel Cunard: Founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
- 11-25Franz Xavier Gruber: Austria -- Organist / composer (Silent Night)
- 11-27Christian Rummel: Composer
- 11-27Jacob Earl van Rechteren van Appeltern: Governor of Gelderland
- 12-01Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov: Composer
- 12-10Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Pioneer of educating the deaf
- 12-15Charles Cowden Clarke: English editor / Shakespearean critic
- 12-22Rasmus Rask: Denmark -- Language Scholar
- 12-28Hermanus J Abbring: Dutch writer / engineer on Curacao
People died in year of 1787
- 01-01Arthur Middleton: US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 44
- 02-12Ruggiero Boscovich: Ital physicist / astronomer / philosopher, dies at 75
- 03-02Jean SOME Allamand: French Theologist / natural philosopher, dies at 73
- 03-11Maximilian JLP Gardel: French ballet dancer / choreographer, dies at 45
- 05-13Johann Michael Malzat: Composer, dies at 38
- 05-28Johann Georg Leopold Mozart: Austrian composer, dies at 67
- 06-19John Brown: Theologist
- 06-20Carl Friedrich Abel: German / British viola player / composer, dies at 63
- 07-04Charles: Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71
- 10-05Thomas Stone: US attorney / signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44
- 10-30Ferdinando Galiani: Italian economist / philosopher / diplomat, dies at 58
- 11-23Anton Schweitzer: Composer, dies at 52
Events in year of 1788
- 01-01Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
- 01-02Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
- 01-09Connecticut becomes 5th state
- 01-20Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Georgia
- 01-26Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales
- 01-28Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay, New South Wales
- 01-28Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of Queen of France
- 01-29Australia Day
- 02-011st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet
- 02-06Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
- 02-09Austria declares war on Russia
- 03-21Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 03-21Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
- 04-071st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta
- 04-15England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty
- 04-28Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
- 05-09English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
- 05-23SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
- 06-07Masses stone French government army at Grenoble
- 06-111st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC
- 06-21US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify
- 06-21Vizille France population demands local parliament
- 06-25Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
- 07-17Russian fleet destroys Swedish
- 07-26New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
- 07-26Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists
- 08-08King Louis XVI calls French States and Generals together
- 08-13Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
- 08-17Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded
- 08-22Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves
People born in year of 1788
- 01-05Kaspar Ett: German Organist / composer
- 01-08Erik Drake: Composer
- 01-13Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz: Composer
- 01-22Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron: England, United Kingdom -- Romantic poet (Don Juan)
- 02-05Karoly Kisfaludy: Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)
- 02-10Johann Peter Pixis: Composer
- 02-16Juan van Halen: Dutch / Spanish officer / adventurer
- 02-22Arthur Schopenhauer: Germany -- Philosopher (Great Pessimist)
- 02-25Mateo Ferrer: Composer
- 03-01Gheorghe Asachi: Romania -- Writer / humanist / politician
- 03-10Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff: German poet (Das Marmorbild)
- 04-05Franz Pforr: German painter / cartoonist (Lukasbund)
- 04-12Johann Erik Nordblom: Composer
- 04-17Joseph Gilbert Totten: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864
- 05-10Augustin-Jean Fresnel: Optics pioneer / physicist
- 05-18Hugh Clapperton: Annan, Scotland -- African explorer
- 07-01Jean-Victor Poncelet: Mathematician, founded projective geometry
- 08-15Carel SW van Hogendorp: Dutch colonial director
- 08-20Jose Bernardo Alcedo: Composer
- 08-22Thomas Tredgold: Engineer / carpenter
- 08-25Cornelis J van Assen: Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution)
- 08-26Aloys Schmitt: German music theory / composer / royal pianist
- 09-06F Wilhelm von Schadow: German painter (Modern Vasari)
- 09-12Alexander Campbell: Irish / US founder (Disciples of Christ)
- 09-21Margaret Smith Taylor: 1st lady (1849-50)
- 10-11Simon Sechter: Composer
- 10-20Philip Knapton: Composer
- 10-24Sarah Josepha Hale: Author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
- 11-11Michal Wielhorski: Composer
- 12-18Camille Pleyel: Austria -- Piano builder / composer
People died in year of 1788
- 01-15Gaetano Latilla: Composer, dies at 77
- 01-17Alessio Prati: Composer, dies at 37
- 01-31[Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart: English pretender, dies at 67
- 01-31Charles E Stuart: English pretender to the throne, dies at 67
- 01-31Francesco Zannetti: Composer, dies at 50
- 02-20Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck: Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68
- 02-22Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel: Composer, dies at 63
- 03-01Orazio Mei: Composer, dies at 56
- 04-12Carl Joseph Toeschi: Composer, dies at 56
- 04-12Carlo Antonio Campioni: Composer, dies at 67
- 04-15Giuseppi Bonno: Composer, dies at 77
- 04-22Zacharias H Alewijn: Dutch poet, dies at 46
- 05-29Jacques Aliamet: French etcher / engraver, dies at 61
- 06-12Johann A Cramer: Prime Minister / poet, dies at 65
- 06-28Johann Christoph Vogel: Composer, dies at 32
- 07-14Johann Gottfried Muthel: Composer, dies at 60
- 08-02Thomas Gainsborough: English Painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61
- 08-08Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu: French marshal, dies at 92
- 08-14Thomas Sheridan: Actor / biographer / lexicographer (Intelligencer)
- 09-14John Penn: US attorney, signed (Declaration of Independence), dies at 47
- 09-14Theodore-Jean Tarade: Composer, dies at 56
- 09-26Francois Bainville: Composer, dies at 63
- 10-18Jean-Guillain Cardon: Composer, dies at 56
- 11-01Johann Samuel Schroeter: Composer
- 11-15Peregrinus Pogl: Composer, dies at 77
- 11-28Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg: Governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
- 12-12Joseph Gibbs: Composer, dies at 88
- 12-14Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach: German composer, dies at 74
- 12-14Carlos III: King of Naples / Spain (1759-88), dies at 72
- 12-25John Logan: Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40