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1780League of Armed Neutrality of the North
Gordon Riots in London
Peruvian Indians revolt against Spain
178113 March William Herschel discovers the Planet Uranus.
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
Robert Morris becomes the Superintendent of Finance in the Continental Congress.
1782Treaty of Salbai
178324 July - The Treaty of Georgievsk was signed.
India Act gives Britain control in India
First successful hot-air ballon flight
Paris Peace Treaty ends the American Revolution
17848 September - The founder of the Shakers, "Mother" Ann Lee dies.
17851 January "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue.
1786
1 May Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered in Vienna.
August 1786 - Shays' Rebellion
17 August - Friedrich II (The Great) dies.
1787Assembly of Notables dismissed
Britain acquire Sierra Leone
16 April - The Contrast was the first play to be professionally performed in America.
14 May Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
13 July - The Northwest Ordinance is passed by Congress.
Rice riots in Edo, Japan
The United States Constitution signed
The planetary satellites of Uranus, Oberon and Titan, were discovered by Herschel.
17881 January London's Daily Universal Register becomes the Times.
1 January Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves.
23 May South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U. S. Constitution.
21 June The Ninth State, New Hampshire Ratifies the United States Constitution. Thus making this historic document the law of the land.
First convicts transported from Britain to Australia.
1 Jan. Georgia enters the Union by Ratfying the United States Constitution.
1789George Washington elected the First President of the United States
30 April George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.
May 5, 1789 - The French Revolution begins.
7 May The first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President and Mrs. George Washington.
17 June The Third Estate in France declared itself a national assembly, and undertook to frame a constitution.
26 August - The Rights of Man approved by the French National Assembly.
The planetary satellites of Saturn, Enceladus and Mimas were discovered by Herschel
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