January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
Day of death March 7, 1783
The temperature on March 7, 1783 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
Day of burial March 9, 1783
The temperature on March 9, 1783 was about 3.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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