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Events from the year 1783 in the United States. The American Revolution officially ended with the Treaty of Paris.
Incumbents
- President of the Continental Congress: Elias Boudinot (until November 4), Thomas Mifflin (starting November 4)
Events
January–March
- January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, 1782, treaties signed by the United States with the United Netherlands.[1]
- February 3 – American Revolutionary War: Britain awards the United States independence. Spain refuses to grant diplomatic recognition to the United States.
- February 4 – American Revolutionary War: Great Britain formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America.
- February 26 – The United States Continental Army's Corps of Engineers is disbanded.
- March 5 – Last celebration of Massacre Day in Boston, Massachusetts.
- March 15 – Newburgh Conspiracy: A potential uprising in the Continental Army stationed at Newburgh, New York, is defused when George Washington asks the officers to support the supremacy of the United States Congress.
April–June
- April – Peace and off Treaty signed with Sweden in Paris, the first act of state concluded between the United States and a foreign power.[2]
- April 15 – Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War are ratified by the Congress of the Confederation.
- May 13 – The Society of the Cincinnati, a fraternal organization for American veterans of the American Revolution, is formed in Newburgh, New York.[3]
- May 18 – The first United Empire Loyalists, fleeing the new United States, reach Parrtown in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
- May 26 – A Great Jubilee Day is held in Trumbull, Connecticut, to celebrate the end of the American Revolution.
- June 20 – Continental Army soldiers mob Independence Hall, Philadelphia, demanding back pay from the Congress of the Confederation in the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783. Congress flees to New Jersey.
July–September
- July 16 – Grants of land in Canada to Loyalists are announced.
- September 3 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war and formally granting the United States independence from Great Britain.
- September 9 – Dickinson College is chartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
- September 22 – American frontier: Confederation Congress Proclamation of 1783 prohibits the settlement, purchase or receipt of Indian lands beyond existing states without its specific authority and direction.
October–December
- November 2 – In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, United States General George Washington gives his Farewell Address to the Army.
- November 3 – The American Continental Army is disbanded as the first act of business by the Confederation Congress, after Thomas Mifflin is elected the new president to succeed Elias Boudinot.[3]
- November 25 – Evacuation Day (New York): The last British troops leave New York City and George Washington triumphantly returns, three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
- November 29 – The 5.3 Mfa New Jersey earthquake affects the Province of New Jersey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ("Very strong").
- December 4 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
- December 23 – George III of the United Kingdom to call him "the greatest character of the age."[5]
Undated
- Loyalists from New York settle Great Abaco in the Bahamas.
- Evan Williams (bourbon) distillery is founded in Bardstown, Kentucky.
Ongoing
- American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
- Articles of Confederation in effect (1781–1788)
Births
- January 14 – Wilson Lumpkin, U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1837 to 1841 and Governor of Georgia from 1831 to 1835 (died 1870)
- February 16 – Stephen Cassin, U.S. Navy officer (died 1857)
- February 18 – Oliver Dean, physician, businessman, and philanthropist (died 1871)
- March 8 – Hannah Van Buren, née Hoes, wife of Martin Van Buren, 8th president of the United States (died 1819)
- April 3 – Washington Irving, author (died 1859)
- May 12 – Perry Smith, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1837 to 1843 (died 1852)
- May 25 – Philip P. Barbour, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1836 to 1841 (died 1841)
- June 21 – )
- July 31 – John Wales, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1849 to 1851 (died 1863)
- August 12 – John Williams Walker, U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1819 to 1822 (died 1823)
- September 14 – Henry Johnson, U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1818 to 1824 and 1844 to 1849 (died 1864)
- December 14 – David Barton, U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1821 to 1831 (died 1837)
- December 30 – Stephen H. Long, mechanical engineer with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (died 1864)[6]
Undated
- Patrick Coad, teacher and lecturer (died 1872)[7]
Deaths
- January 15 – William Alexander, Lord Stirling, Major-General in the Continental Army (born 1726)
- March 23 – Charles Carroll, lawyer, delegate to the Continental Congress (born 1723)
- May 23 – James Otis Jr., political activist and pamphleteer (born 1725)
- November 15 – John Hanson, first president of the Continental Congress (born 1721)
- November 23 – Ann Eliza Bleecker, poet, novelist and correspondent (born 1752)
See also
References
- ^ Laws of the United States of America; from the 4th of March, 1789, to the 4th of March, 1815, vol. 1 (Weightman, 1815) p.708.
- ^ Klerkäng, Anne (1958). Sweden - America's First Friend. Örebro.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Includes fascimile reproduction of treaty text. - ^ a b Lossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. (1910). "1783". Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909. Harper & Brothers. p. 167.
- ^ Fleming, Thomas. "The Most Important Moment in American History". History News Network. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
the most important moment in American history.
- ISBN 9780684822914.
- ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- ^ Biographical/Historical Information, Coad, Patrick family. Papers, 1798-1888, [1],Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center, September 16, 2011.
External links
- Media related to 1783 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons