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The Congress of the Confederation enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest…
Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in…
Sultan Abdul Hamid I declares war against the Russian Empire in an effort to regain territories lost in previous…
The United States Constitution is signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bringing the Constitutional Convention…
The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures…
Russian colonization of North America: Awa'uq Massacre: The Russian fur trader Grigory Shelikhov storms a Kodiak…
American Revolutionary War: Colbert's Raid: A Spanish garrison under Captain Jacobo du Breuil defeat British irregulars
Three-Fifths Compromise: The first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three-fifth
A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrates the end of fighting in the American Revolutionary W
American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom…
American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom…
John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States as an independent government
The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River
Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later…
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the…
British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from…
American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of…