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.
April 15 » Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
May 26 » A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
November 4 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
Christening day December 21, 1783
The temperature on December 21, 1783 was about 2.0 °C. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
Day of burial April 30, 1788
The temperature on April 30, 1788 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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