1783 Calendar
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1783 Historical Event(s)
January 20, 1783
– The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
February 3, 1783
– American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.
May 26, 1783
– A Great Jubilee Day held at Trumbull, Connecticut celebrated end of fighting in American Revolution.
June 4, 1783
– The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
June 22, 1783
– A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
August 3, 1783
– Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people.
August 18, 1783
– A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.
November 3, 1783
– John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London’s Tyburn gallows.
November 30, 1783
– A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
Who Were Born On 1783?
January 23, 1783
– Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)
February 9, 1783
– Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
February 21, 1783
– Princess Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)
April 10, 1783
– Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen consort of Holland (d. 1837)
May 22, 1783
– William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor (d. 1850)
July 24, 1783
– Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military commander (d. 1830)
August 7, 1783
– Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810)
August 23, 1783
– William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)
September 8, 1783
– Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
December 12, 1783
– Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (d. 1865)