1790 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1790; Census Place: Anson, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 187; Image: 449; Family History Library Film: 0568147 / Ancestry.com
South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, Ancestry.com, South Carolina Wills and Related Probate Matters, *land and Property Records, *public Records, Some *marriage Contracts, 1671, 1692-1868; Author: South Carolina. Probate Court (Charleston County); Probate Place: Charleston, South Carolina / Ancestry.com
June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
Day of death February 16, 1787
The temperature on February 16, 1787 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
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.
October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
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