January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
Christening day August 10, 1783
The temperature on August 10, 1783 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
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