Explore 404 historical events from 1780–1789.
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. While the convention was initially intended to revise the league of states and the first…
The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia with the intention of revising the Articles of Confederation of the Un
A landslide dam is the natural damming of a river by some kind of landslide, such as a debris flow, rock avalanche or volcanic eruption. If the damming landslide is caused by an ea…
A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan pr
Gavriil Loginovich Pribylov was a Russian navigator who discovered the Bering Sea islands of St. George Island and St. Paul Island in 1786 and 1787. The islands, and surrounding sm…
Gavriil Pribylov discovers St
Bishop Alexander Macdonell was the first Roman Catholic bishop of Kingston, Upper Canada.
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontar
An Indian reservation in the United States is an area of land held and governed by a Native American tribal nation officially recognized by the U.S. federal government. The reserva…
The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
Mont Blanc is a mountain in the Alps, rising 4,807.3 m above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mounta…
Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
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…
Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
The Annapolis Convention was a national political convention held September 11–14, 1786 in the old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
John Vianney was a French Catholic priest and member of the Third Order of Mary who is often referred to as the Curé d'Ars. Canonized a saint in 1925, he is known for his priestly …
John Vianney, French priest and saint (died 1859)
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)
Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increase…
Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
Huancavelica or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a population of 49,570 people. Th…
The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses, killing more than hundred people. The event was a major…
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator. After serving in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, he led two expeditio…
John Franklin, English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (died 1847)
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)