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Years:
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1785
1786
1787
Decades
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Centuries
:
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19th century
1784
was a
leap year starting on Thursday
(see link for calendar).
Events
January 6
- the
Turks
agree to
Russia's
annexation of the
Crimea
in the
Treaty of Constantinople
January 14
- The
US Congress
ratifies the
Treaty of Paris
with
England
to end the
American Revolutionary War
February 27
–
Count of St Germain
dies of
pneumonia
in
Schleswig-Holstein
February 28
-
John Wesley
charters the
Methodist Church
August 10
- Jeanne de la Motte fools Cardinal de Rohan -
Queen's Necklace Affair
begins
The
Japanese
famine continues as 300,000 die of starvation
Benjamin Franklin
tries in vain to persuade the
French
to alter their clocks in winter to take advantage of the daylight
Benjamin Franklin
invents
bifocal
spectacles
Antoine Lavoisier
pioneers quantitative chemistry
Britain
receives its first bales of imported
American
cotton
Emperor Josef II
suspends the
Hungarian
Constitution
because of a
Revolution
in
Transylvania
Huge
locust
swarm
in
South Africa
Births
January 28
-
George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
March 13
-
Jean Moufot
, French philosopher and mathematician
April 5
-
Louis Spohr
, German violinist and composer (d.
1859
)
October 13
- King
Ferdinand VII of Spain
October 19
-
John McLoughlin
, Fur Merchant
October -
Sarah Biffen
, painter (d.
1850
)
November 24
-
Zachary Taylor
, 12th President of the United States.
Deaths
July 1
-
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
, German composer (b.
1710
)
August 21
-
Junipero Serra
, Spanish priest (b.
1713
)
September 8
-
Ann Lee
, Shaker leader
December 13
-
Samuel Johnson
, English writer
December 26
-
Seth Warner
, American revolutionary leader
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