Notable Historical Events - 1787
1787 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 11 |
Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel |
Jan 25 |
Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass |
Jan 28 |
Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes |
Feb 2 |
Arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation. |
Feb 4 |
1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London |
Feb 4 |
Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails |
Feb 18 |
Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor |
Feb 28 |
The charter establishing the institution now known as the University of Pittsburgh is granted. |
Apr 12 |
Philadelphia's Free African Society forms |
Apr 16 |
1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in NYC |
May 6 |
1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston |
May 10 |
British Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal |
May 13 |
Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia |
May 14 |
Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution |
May 17 |
English slave ship Sisters, en route from Africa to Cuba, capsizes killing hundreds |
May 25 |
Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding |
May 29 |
"Virginia Plan" proposed |
Jun 12 |
US Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old |
Jun 20 |
Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States. |
Jul 2 |
Marquis de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered |
Jul 6 |
French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax |
Jul 6 |
Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede |
Jul 13 |
Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) |
Jul 13 |
Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop |
Jul 15 |
Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes |
Aug 2 |
Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc |
Aug 6 |
Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate |
Aug 10 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his chamber piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" |
Aug 10 |
Turkey declares war on Russia |
Aug 17 |
Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups |
Aug 19 |
W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn |
Aug 22 |
John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton |
Aug 24 |
Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 |
Sep 12 |
Black Masons form 1st lodge |
Sep 12 |
American statesman George Mason suggests the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution modeled on previous state declarations, but the motion is defeated |
Sep 13 |
Prussian army moves into Netherlands |
Sep 15 |
-16] Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam |
Sep 17 |
Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem |
Sep 17 |
US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention |
Sep 20 |
Prince Willem V returns to Hague |
Sep 27 |
Constitution submitted to states for ratification |
Sep 28 |
Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval |
Sep 30 |
1st US voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston |
Oct 1 |
Russians under Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. |
Oct 2 |
Maagden House opens in Amsterdam |
Oct 10 |
Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army |
Oct 17 |
Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities |
Oct 26 |
"Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of United States' Constitution |
Oct 27 |
Federalist letters start appearing in New York newspapers |
Oct 29 |
Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) |
Nov 1 |
First free school in NYC (African Free School) opens |
Nov 18 |
First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston |
Nov 21 |
Andrew Jackson admitted to bar |
Nov 30 |
Spanish governor leaves Philippines |
Dec 6 |
Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor |
Dec 7 |
Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution |
Dec 12 |
Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution |
Dec 18 |
New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution |
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