Notable Historical Events - 1784
1784 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 6 |
Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople |
Jan 7 |
1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia |
Jan 14 |
US Revolutionary War ends; US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris |
Jan 26 |
Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol |
Feb 4 |
1st unmanned balloon flight in Ireland |
Feb 22 |
1st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from NY |
Feb 28 |
John Wesley charters Methodist Church |
Feb 29 |
Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille |
Mar 1 |
E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain |
Mar 5 |
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade. |
Mar 22 |
The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. |
Apr 29 |
Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna) |
May 8 |
Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC) |
May 11 |
Britain & Tippu Sahib of Mysore sign peace treaty |
May 20 |
Britain & Netherlands sign peace treaty (Peace of Paris) |
May 22 |
Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy |
May 25 |
Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek |
Jun 4 |
Madame Elizabeth Thible becomes the first female balloonist. |
Jun 9 |
John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions |
Jun 16 |
Holland forbids orange clothes |
Jun 23 |
1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren) |
Aug 13 |
British parliament accepts India Act |
Aug 23 |
Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it |
Sep 21 |
1st daily newspaper in America (Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser) |
Sep 22 |
Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK |
Nov 1 |
Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette & his descendents |
Nov 26 |
Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established. |
Dec 21 |
John Jay becomes 1st US Secretary of State (foreign affairs) |
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