1787

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Years:
1784 1785 1786 - 1787 - 1788 1789 1790

Decades:
1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s

Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1787 in art
1787 in literature
1787 in music
1787 in science

List of state leaders in 1787
List of religious leaders in 1787

Events

In Britain, Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp formed the "Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade" with support from John Wesley, Josiah Wedgwood and others.
January 11 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
February 4 - Shays' Rebellion fails
May 13 - Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.
May 14 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States.
May 25 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to convene a Constitutional Convention intended to amend the Articles of Confederation. However, a new Constitution for the United States was eventually produced. George Washington presided over the Convention.
June 6 - Franklin College, named for Benjamin Franklin, opens in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It later merges with Marshall College to become Franklin and Marshall College.
July 13 - The United States Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
August 27 - Launching a forty-five-foot craft on the Delaware River, John Fitch demonstrates the first US patent for his design.
September 17 - United States Constitution adopted
December 7 - Delaware ratifies the Constitution and becomes the first U.S. state.
December 12 - Pennsylvania becomes the second U.S. state.
December 18 - New Jersey becomes the third U.S. state.

Births

January 6 - Gaspard Théodore Ignace de la Fontaine, luxembourgish polititian.
March 16 - Georg Ohm, German physicist.
December 10 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, educator (d. 1851)

Deaths

June 20 - Karl Friedrich Abel, aged 63, German baroque composer
November 3 - Robert Lowth, Bishop of the Church of England
November 15 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, composer

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