June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
Day of death March 6, 1787
The temperature on March 6, 1787 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
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