What happened in 1786?
74 recorded events in 1786, including 44 in people, 12 in architecture & engineering and 5 in religion & belief systems.
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Hartford
1786 treaty between New York and Massachusetts
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People 44
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele died
Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen
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Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier died
French explorer
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Maurice Benyovszky died
Hungarian traveller and writer
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Gaspar de Portolà died
Explorer and soldier in New Spain
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Pierre Poivre died
French horticulturalist (1719–1786)
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Lê Hiển Tông died
King of Vietnam
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John Byron died
British Royal Navy officer and politician; (1723-1786)
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Eva Ekeblad died
Swedish scientist (1724-1786)
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John Goodricke died
Dutch astronomer (1764-1786)
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Thomas Wright died
Astronomer (1711-1786)
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Charles Mason died
English astronomer and surveyor
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Jean Paul de Gua de Malves died
French mathematician
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Alexander Wilson died
Scottish surgeon, astronomer, mathematician and meteorologist (1714-1786)
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Leonardo Ximenes died
Italian mathematician
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István Hatvani died
Hungarian mathematician (1718–1786)
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Petronella Johanna de Timmerman died
Dutch poet and scientist (1724–1786)
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Carl Fredrik Mennander died
Swedish archbishop (1712-1786)
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Henry Smeathman died
British entomologist (1742-1786)
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William Henry died
Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress
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John Gwynn died
British architect
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Ange Auguste Joseph de Laborde de Boutervilliers died
French explorer
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Édouard Jean Joseph de Laborde de Marchainville died
French explorer
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Charles Gabriel Morel d'Escures died
French naval officer
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Michèl Yost died
French clarinetist
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Sophia Baddeley died
British actress
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Franz Asplmayr died
Austrian composer and violinist
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Johann Georg Schürer died
German composer
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Sarah Maria Wilson died
English actress
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Edward Parry died
Welsh Methodist exhorter, poet and hymn-writer
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François Arago born
Born in Estagel. French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853).
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Ludwig I of Bavaria born
Born in Strasbourg. King of Bavaria (1786-1868).
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Wilhelm Grimm born
Born in Hanau. German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859).
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William R. King born
Born in Sampson County. Vice president of the United States from March to April 1853 (1786–1853).
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Ludwig Börne born
Born in Frankfurt. German writer.
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Davy Crockett born
Born in Limestone. American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836).
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Marceline Desbordes-Valmore born
Born in Douai. French poet and novelist.
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Winfield Scott born
Born in Dinwiddie County. United States Army general (1786–1866).
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Nicolás Bravo born
Born in Chichihualco. President of Mexico (1786-1854).
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Joachim Lelewel born
Born in Warsaw. Polish historian and politician (1786-1861).
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Julius Jacob von Haynau born
Born in Kassel. Austrian general.
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José Joaquín Prieto born
Born in Concepción. Chilean politician and President (1786-1854).
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Pavel Schilling born
Born in Tallinn. Russian inventor of Baltic German origin (1786-1837).
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Alexander Chavchavadze born
Born in Saint Petersburg. Georgian writer and military figure.
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José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno born
Born in Oviedo. Spanish politician (1786-1843).
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Science & Technology 4
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Madras Observatory
Observatory
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Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Research institute in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Psychiatric hospital of the city of Kyiv
Hospital in Ukraine
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General University Hospital in Prague
Hospital in Czechia
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Religion & Belief Systems 5
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Synagoge (Lunéville)
Synagogue located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France
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Great Synagogue in Chrzanów
Great Synagogue in Chrzanów (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Small Synagogue in Włodawa
Small Synagogue in Włodawa (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Hassidei Karlin Synagogue
Hassidei Karlin Synagogue (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Yeşilli Mosque (Balıkesir)
Yeşilli Mosque (Balıkesir) (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 3
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Molson
Canadian alcohol brewery
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W.D. & H.O. Wills
Former English tobacco company
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Kleinwort Benson
Private bank
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1786 Kangding-Luding earthquake
Magnitude 7 earthquake (1 June 1786) around Kangding, Sichuan province, China
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Social Movements & Revolutions 3
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Shays's Rebellion
Armed uprising among farmers in Massachusetts between 1786 to 1787
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Lin Shuangwen rebellion
1787 Taiwanese rebellion against Qing Dynasty
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Paper Money Riot
Armed uprising in the U.S
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Architecture & Engineering 12
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Bellevue Palace
Official residence in Berlin for the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Ruzhany Palace
Former palace in Ruzhany, Belarus
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Holy Cross Church, Rostov-na-Donu
Church in Russia
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Królikarnia
Palace in Warsaw
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Korsholm Church
Church in Vaasa, Finland
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Daugavgrīva White Church
Church in Riga, Latvia
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Monastery of Saint Archangel Gabriel
Serbian Orthodox monastery
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Ylikiiminki Church
Church building in Oulu, Finland
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All Saints' Church, Newcastle upon Tyne
Grade I listed church in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Bar Convent
Church in York, UK
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter
Church building in Rhinebeck, United States of America
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Mała Wieś Palace
Palace in Mała Wieś, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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De Kleine Komedie
Theater in Amsterdam
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