February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
Day of marriage May 20, 1787
The temperature on May 20, 1787 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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.
Day of death April 23, 1788
The temperature on April 23, 1788 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
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