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Historical Events for the Year 1786

  • 16th January » Virginia enacted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom called Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
  • 10th June » A landslide dam on the Dadu River (China) called Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
  • 25th June » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island (Alaska) e.g St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
  • 29th June » Alexander Macdonell (bishop) called Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
  • 8th August » Mont Blanc on the France called French – Italy known as Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
  • 11th August » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
  • 11th September » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention (1786) known as Annapolis Convention.
  • 7th November » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
  • 30th November » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor called Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the capital punishment named death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
  • 4th December » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
  • 29th December » French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.

Famous Birthdays in 1786

  • 7th January » John Catron, American jurist (d. 1865)
  • 8th January » Nicholas Biddle (banker) named Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier (d. 1844)
  • 11th January » Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869)
  • 12th January » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1855)
  • 2nd February » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)
  • 16th February » Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859) named Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)
  • 24th February » Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
  • 24th February » Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist (d. 1859)
  • 26th February » François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (d. 1853)
  • 8th May » John Vianney, French priest and saint (d. 1859)
  • 15th May » Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general (d. 1864)
  • 13th June » Winfield Scott, American general (d. 1866)
  • 20th June » Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet and author (d. 1859)
  • 21st June » Charles Edward Horn, English singer-songwriter (d. 1849)
  • 26th June » Sunthorn Phu, Thai poet (d. 1855)
  • 9th July » Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France (d. 1787)
  • 24th July » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843)
  • 17th August » Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (d. 1836)
  • 17th August » Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1861)
  • 25th August » Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
  • 10th September » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico (d. 1854)
  • 10th September » William Mason (U.S. politician) named William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
  • 11th September » Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (d. 1832)
  • 18th September » Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
  • 18th September » Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)
  • 29th September » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
  • 7th October » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
  • 11th October » Stevenson Archer (1786–1848) e.g Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (d. 1848)
  • 30th October » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (d. 1871)
  • 12th December » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (d. 1857)
  • 20th December » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)

Famous Deaths in History for 1786

  • 4th January » Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher (b. 1729)
  • 7th January » Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and mineralogist (b. 1715)
  • 14th January » Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
  • 14th January » Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
  • 28th February » John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
  • 11th March » Charles Humphreys, American politician (b. 1714)
  • 10th April » John Byron, English admiral (b. 1723)
  • 19th May » John Stanley (composer) or John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
  • 21st May » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (b. 1742)
  • 23rd May » Maurice Benyovszky, Hungarian explorer (b. 1746)
  • 25th May » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
  • 19th June » Nathanael Greene, American general (b. 1742)
  • 17th August » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
  • 5th September » Jonas Hanway, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1712)
  • 2nd October » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
  • 17th October » Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
  • 26th December » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)