Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1786. This year saw 19 significant events. 2 notable figures were born. 1 notable figure passed away.
The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, is a commedia per musica (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
A landslide dam on the Dadu River, caused by an earthquake ten days earlier, collapses and kills 100,000 in Sichuan province, China
US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the monetary unit for the United States of America
The oldest performing musical organization in the United States is founded in Stoughton, Massachusetts, as the Stoughton Musical Society
Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making Tuscany the first state to abolish the death penalty; November 30 is now commemorated as Cities for Life Day
The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States.
Commercially made ice cream is first advertised by Mr. Hall in NYC
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are the first to climb to the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe
Francis Light (1740 – 21 October 1794) was a British sailor and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786.
Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts, by citizens in opposition to the government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their businesses
William of Orange's troops overthrow the Dutch towns of Hattem and Elburg
Annapolis Convention on interstate commerce opens to discuss reversing protectionist trade barriers between US states
African American slave and poet Jupiter Hammon delivers his "Address to the Negroes of the State of New York" speech advocating emancipation at a meeting of the African Society in New York
The Eden Treaty was a treaty signed between Great Britain and France in 1786, named after the British negotiator William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1744–1814).
Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temperature in New York City
Harvard University organizes the first astronomical expedition in the US
French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked
Wilhelm Grimm, German author, known for german author, was born on 1786-02-24. Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German author, philologist and anthropologist.
Carl Maria von Weber, German musician, known for german composer, was born on 1786-11-18.
Nathanael Greene, American military officer and planter, known for american military officer and planter, died on 1786-06-19.
The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, is a commedia per musica (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
A landslide dam on the Dadu River, caused by an earthquake ten days earlier, collapses and kills 100,000 in Sichuan province, China
US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the monetary unit for the United States of America
The oldest performing musical organization in the United States is founded in Stoughton, Massachusetts, as the Stoughton Musical Society
Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making Tuscany the first state to abolish the death penalty; November 30 is now commemorated as Cities for Life Day
The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States.
Commercially made ice cream is first advertised by Mr. Hall in NYC
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are the first to climb to the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe
Francis Light (1740 – 21 October 1794) was a British sailor and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786.
Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts, by citizens in opposition to the government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their businesses
William of Orange's troops overthrow the Dutch towns of Hattem and Elburg
Annapolis Convention on interstate commerce opens to discuss reversing protectionist trade barriers between US states
African American slave and poet Jupiter Hammon delivers his "Address to the Negroes of the State of New York" speech advocating emancipation at a meeting of the African Society in New York
The Eden Treaty was a treaty signed between Great Britain and France in 1786, named after the British negotiator William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1744–1814).
Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temperature in New York City
Harvard University organizes the first astronomical expedition in the US
French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked
Wilhelm Grimm, German author, known for german author, was born on 1786-02-24. Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German author, philologist and anthropologist.
Carl Maria von Weber, German musician, known for german composer, was born on 1786-11-18.