January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
Day of marriage January 5, 1783
The temperature on January 5, 1783 was about 6.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
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