Explore 315 historical events from 1780–1789.
Dimitris 'Koliopoulos' Plapoutas was a Greek general who fought during the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire.
Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician (died 1864)
Winfield Scott was an American military commander and a presidential candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of th…
Winfield Scott, American general (died 1866)
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore was a French Romantic poet and novelist.
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet and author (died 1859)
Charles Edward Horn was an English composer and singer.
Charles Edward Horn, English opera singer and composer (died 1849)
Phra Sunthorn Vohara (Phu) (Thai: พระสุนทรโวหาร (ภู่), RTGS: Phra Sunthonwohan (Phu), pronounced [pʰá.sǔn.tʰɔ̄ːn.woː.hǎːn.pʰûː]; 26 June 1786 – 1855), known as Sunthorn Phu (Thai: …
Sunthorn Phu, Thai poet (died 1855)
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet, also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the …
Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (died 1843)
David Crockett was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman. Often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier", he represented Tennessee in th…
Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (died 1836)
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Princess of Leiningen and subsequently Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, was a German princess and the mother of Queen Victoria of th…
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died 1861)
Nicolás Bravo Rueda was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as interim President of Mexico three times, in 1839, 1842, and 1846. Prior to his presidency, he fought in the M…
Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico (died 1854)
Ludwig I or Louis I was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he enc…
Ludwig I of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (died 1868)
William Mason was an American medical doctor and politician who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1835 to 1837.
William Mason, American surgeon and politician (died 1860)
Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau, sometimes written as Frederick Kulav, was a Danish pianist and composer during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He was a central figur…
Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (died 1832)
Christian VIII was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814.
Christian VIII of Denmark (died 1848)
Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner was a German poet, practicing physician, and medical writer. He gave the first detailed description of botulism.
Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (died 1862)
Charles John Stanley was an English composer and organist.
John Stanley, English organist and composer (born 1712)
Carl Wilhelm Scheele was a German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (born 1742)
Dom Peter III, nicknamed the Builder, was King of Portugal from 24 February 1777 to his death in 1786, by marriage to his niece Queen Dona Maria I.
Peter III of Portugal (born 1717)
Major General Nathanael Greene was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputati…
Nathanael Greene, American general (born 1742)
Frederick II was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after anne…
Frederick the Great, Prussian king (born 1712)
Jonas Hanway, FRSA, was an English merchant, writer and philanthropist. He was the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella and was a noted opponent of tea drinking. Hanway created…
Jonas Hanway, English merchant and philanthropist (born 1712)
The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, is a commedia per musica in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiere…
The Marriage of Figaro (audio featured), an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vien
An earthquake occurred on 1 June 1786 in and around Kangding, in what is now China's Sichuan province. It had an estimated magnitude of about 7.75 and a maximum perceived intensity…
Ten days after being formed by an earthquake, a landslide dam on the Dadu River in China was destroyed by an aftershock,
Francis Light was a British sailor and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light was the father of William Light, who…
Francis Light founded George Town (city hall pictured), the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and the…
Disfranchisement, also disenfranchisement or voter disqualification, is the restriction of suffrage of a person or group of people, or a practice that has the effect of preventing …
Angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement, farmers in western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays began an armed…