8 events found for 1787
After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum o
Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'
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…
Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.