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1783

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November 21: The first manned hot-air balloon, designed by France's Montgolfier brothers, lifts off from the Bois de Boulogne.
September 3: Great Britain recognizes independence of the American nation, signs Treaty of Paris.
1783 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1783
MDCCLXXXIII
Ab urbe condita2536
Armenian calendar1232
ԹՎ ՌՄԼԲ
Assyrian calendar6533
Balinese saka calendar1704–1705
Bengali calendar1190
Berber calendar2733
British Regnal year23 Geo. 3 – 24 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar2327
Burmese calendar1145
Byzantine calendar7291–7292
Chinese calendar壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
4480 or 4273
    — to —
癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
4481 or 4274
Coptic calendar1499–1500
Discordian calendar2949
Ethiopian calendar1775–1776
Hebrew calendar5543–5544
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1839–1840
 - Shaka Samvat1704–1705
 - Kali Yuga4883–4884
Holocene calendar11783
Igbo calendar783–784
Iranian calendar1161–1162
Islamic calendar1197–1198
Japanese calendarTenmei 3
(天明3年)
Javanese calendar1708–1710
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4116
Minguo calendar129 before ROC
民前129年
Nanakshahi calendar315
Thai solar calendar2325–2326
Tibetan calendar阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
1909 or 1528 or 756
    — to —
阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
1910 or 1529 or 757

1783 (MDCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1783rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 783rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 18th century, and the 4th year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of 1783, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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December 23: General George Washington Resigning His Commission

Date unknown

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Births

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Washington Irving
John Crawfurd
Simón Bolívar

Deaths

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Capability Brown
Leonhard Euler

References

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  1. ^ Cobbett, William, ed. (1814). The Parliamentary History of England: From the Earliest Period to Year 1803, Vol. XXIII: The Parliamentary Debates, 10 May 1782 to 1 December 1783. London: T. C. Hansard. pp. 346–354.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167
  4. ^ Klerkäng, Anne (1958). Sweden – America's First Friend. Örebro.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Includes fascimile reproduction of treaty text.
  5. ^ Bressan, David. "8, June 1783: The Laki eruptions". Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Palau". Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  7. ^ Fleming, Thomas. "The Most Important Moment in American History". History News Network. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  8. ^ Brookhiser, Richard (1996). Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington. Newark, NJ: Free Press. p. 103. ISBN 9780684822914.
  9. ^ "Washington Irving – American author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  10. ^ Montefiore, Arthur (1902). Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta. New York, Chicago and Toronto: Fleming H. Revell Company. pp. 9–10. OCLC 155604573.; re-printed 2015 by Facsimile Publisher and distributed by Gyan Books, New Delhi.
  11. ^ "Samuel Prout (1783–1852)". artuk.org. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  12. ^ "CALCRAFT, Thomas (1738-83), of Ancaster, Lincs. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  13. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus, ed., Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie, p.289

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