What happened in 1783?

Siege of Cuddalore

Wars & Conflicts · Cuddalore

1783 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Halani

Wars & Conflicts

18th-century military conflict in Sindh

Colbert raid

Wars & Conflicts · Arkansas Post

1783 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Siege of Mangalore

Wars & Conflicts · Mangaluru

1783 event in the Second Anglo-Mysore War

Capture of Delhi and Red Fort

Wars & Conflicts · Delhi

1783 battle fought between Mughal Empire and Sikh Khalsa in Delhi

Battle of Cuddalore

Wars & Conflicts · Pondicherry

1783 naval battle between British and French

Battle of Grand Turk

Wars & Conflicts · Turks and Caicos Islands

1783 American Revolutionary War naval battle between Britain and France

Action of 15 February 1783

Wars & Conflicts · Guadeloupe

1783 naval battle

Action of 17 February 1783

Wars & Conflicts · Caribbean Sea

Naval engagement between Jamaica and Cuba

Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783

Wars & Conflicts · Pennsylvania

1783 protest of soldiers of the American Revolution who had not been paid

Capture of the Bahamas

Wars & Conflicts · Nassau

1783 recapture by American Loyalist forces during the American War of Independence

Bombardment of Algiers

Wars & Conflicts · Algiers

1783 naval bombing

Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain

Wars & Conflicts · Bahrain

1782–83 war ending Persian rule

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Politics & Government

Agreement ending the American Revolutionary War

Treaty of Georgievsk

Politics & Government

Treaty signed by Kartli-Kakheti and the Russian Empire

Peace of Paris (1783)

Politics & Government

Set of treaties which ended the American Revolutionary War

Leonhard Euler died

People · Saint Petersburg

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert died

People · Paris

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

Gerhard Friedrich Müller died

People · Saint Petersburg

Died in Saint Petersburg. German historian and ethnologist.

Frederick Cornwallis died

People · London

Archbishop of Canterbury

Étienne Bézout died

People · Avon

French mathematician (1730-1783)

Carl Linnaeus the Younger died

People · Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

Swedish naturalist (1741–1783)

Ignacio de Arteaga y Bazán died

People · San Blas

Spanish explorer

Christian Mayer died

People · Heidelberg

Czech-German astronomer

Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin died

People · Stockholm

Swedish astronomer (1717-1783)

William Alexander died

People · Albany

Continental Army general (1726-1783)

Vieira Lusitano died

People · Lisbon

Portuguese artist (1699-1783)

Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan died

People · Saint-Leu-la-Forêt

French writer (1705-1783)

James Price died

People · Guildford

English chemist and alchemist

Hong Dae-yong died

People · Seoul

Korean scholar (1731-1783)

Francesco Serao died

People · Naples

Italian physician, physicist and geologist

Tommaso Perelli died

People · Arezzo

Italian astronomer, mathematician and hydraulic engineer (1704–1783)

Georg Friedrich Brander died

People · Augsburg

German precision mechanic and mathematician

Carl Scherffer died

People · Vienna

Jesuit mathematician (1716-1783)

Domingo Elizondo died

People · Madrid

Spanish explorer

François Vallé died

People · Ste. Genevieve

French-American explorer, businessman and officer of the militia

Bertinazzi died

People · Paris

Italian actor and writer

Jeanne Quinault died

People · Paris

Actress, playwright

Françoise-Éléonore Villain died

People · Stockholm

French actress

Jacob Hochbrucker died

People · Donauwörth

French musician

Karl Friedrich Abt died

People · Bremen

German actor

Ignác František Mara died

People · Berlin

(1721-1783)

Felicitas Abt died

People · Göttingen

German actress (1741-c.1783)

Simón Bolívar born

People · Caracas

Born in Caracas. Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830).

Stendhal born

People · Grenoble

Born in Grenoble. French writer (1783–1842).

Washington Irving born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859).

Vasily Zhukovsky born

People · Mishenskoye (Belevsky district)

Born in Mishenskoye (Belevsky district). Russian poet (1783-1852).

Agustín I of Mexico born

People · Morelia

Born in Morelia. First constitutional emperor of Mexico (1783-1824).

Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig born

People · Udby

Born in Udby. Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783-1872).

Aleksandr Aleksandrov born

People · Sarapul

Born in Sarapul. Russian Army officer.

Erik Gustaf Geijer born

People · Ransäter

Born in Ransäter. Swedish writer, historian, poet, philosopher, and composer (1783–1847).

Julius Klaproth born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. German orientalist.

Alexander von Benckendorff born

People · Tallinn

Born in Tallinn. Russian general and statesman of Baltic German origin (1780s-1844).

John Crawfurd born

People · Islay

Born in Islay. British historian.

Guglielmo Pepe born

People · Squillace

Born in Squillace. Italian general.

Prince Wilhelm of Prussia born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. Youngest child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1783-1851).

José de la Riva Agüero born

People · Lima

Born in Lima. President of Peru.

Hortense de Beauharnais born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. Queen consort of the Netherlands (1783-1837).

Catharina of Württemberg born

People · Saint Petersburg

Born in Saint Petersburg. Queen consort of Westphalia.

Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi died

People · Rustaq

Died in Rustaq. Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty.

Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University

Science & Technology

Botanic garden at Krakow, Poland

Botanical Garden of the University of Granada

Science & Technology

Botanical Garden in Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Laki

Exploration & Discovery

Volcanic fissure in the south of Iceland

Gamrange expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Halmahera Island

1783 military expedition

Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in South Carolina, United States

Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Religion & Belief Systems

Russian religious building

St. Ursus Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in the city of Solothurn, Switzerland

Bregu Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Ulcinj, Montenegro

Synagogue Haigerloch

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Haigerloch, Germany

Dome of Stilo

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Stilo, Italy

Church of the Assumption of Mary in Budslaŭ

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Minsk Region, Belarus

Cathedral of the Annunciation

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Croatia

Dormition Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Kesklinn

Church building in Tartu, Estonia

Collegiate Church of St Paul

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Rabat Malta

Abalaksky Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems · Abalak

Monastery, architectural landmark in Tobolsky District, Russia

Most Holy Trinity Church (Cattinara)

Religion & Belief Systems · Cattinara

Catholic church in Trieste

Transfiguration Cathedral, Vyborg

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox church building in Vyborg, Russia

Hungarian Lutheran church in Brașov

Religion & Belief Systems · Brașov

Heritage site in Braşov County, Romania

San Miguel Arcángel Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Cabo Rojo barrio-pueblo

Historic church in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

Liepupe Lutheran church

Religion & Belief Systems

Latvian cultural monument No. 6447

Tanay Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Tanay, Rizal, Philippines

Chapel of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Torzhok)

Religion & Belief Systems

Orthodox chapel in Torzhok, Russia

Sääminki church

Religion & Belief Systems · Sääminki

Sääminki old church

Lutheran church in Užava

Religion & Belief Systems

Latvian cultural monument No. 6962

Free Quaker Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Elizabeth, New Jersey

St. Antonius (Kreuzberg)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church

St. Martin

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Unterwössen, Upper Bavaria, Germany

evangelical-reformed parsonage with an economy building

Religion & Belief Systems

Buildings in Ammerswil in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Roman Catholic Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Church residential building in Würenlos in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Catholic Rectory with Panoramas

Religion & Belief Systems

Curch residential building in Oberwil in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

Pfarrhaus

Religion & Belief Systems

Bank of Ireland

Economy & Trade · Dublin

Commercial bank operating in Ireland

Jones Lang LaSalle

Economy & Trade · Aon Center

Professional services and investment management company

Man Group

Economy & Trade · London

British alternative investment management business

Waterford Crystal

Economy & Trade · Waterford

Manufacturer of crystal glassware

Daler-Rowney

Economy & Trade · Bracknell

British art materials manufacturer

1783 Calabrian earthquakes

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Calabria, Italy in 1783

1783 New Jersey earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

1783 earthquake in colonial New Jersey

Mist Hardships

Disasters & Pandemics · Iceland

Disastrous effects of the eruption of Mount Laki on the people of Iceland

Tauride Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace

Catholic Church of St. Catherine

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Doge's Palace

Architecture & Engineering · Molo

Building in Genoa, Italy

Hegra Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Grindheim Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Lyngdal Municipality, Southern Norway

Dormition of the Theotokos church in Brașov

Architecture & Engineering · Brașov

Heritage site in Brașov County, Romania

Airlie Parish Kirk

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Angus, Scotland, UK

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford

Architecture & Engineering · Stapleford

Grade I listed church in Stapleford, Leicestershire, England, UK

Kilmodan Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Canada

Fort Prince of Beira

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in Rondônia, Brazil

Graveyard chapel of St. Barbara church

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Warsaw, Poland

fontaine de Jarente

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Paris, France

Wachsamkeitsbrunnen

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Vienna

Kirche Didlacken

Architecture & Engineering

Dudley's Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Maryland, United States

San Benedetto Giuseppe Labre ai Monti

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel in Rome

Sankt Bartholomäus

Architecture & Engineering

Parish church and former cemetery in Unterach am Attersee, Austria

Mariinsky Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Saint Petersburg

Opera company in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Estates Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre and opera house in Prague, Czech Republic, operated by the National Theatre company

Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Saint Petersburg

Former theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia (1783-1886)

Crimean Khanate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bakhchysarai

Crimean Khanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Bakhchysarai.

Bahrain and its Dependencies founded

Empires & Countries · Manama

Bahrain and its Dependencies was founded, with its capital at Manama.