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List of events
Events from the year 1783 in the United States . The
American Revolution officially ended with the
Treaty of Paris .
Incumbents
Events
January–March
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
October–December
November 25: Washington's Entry into New York by
Currier & Ives
December 23:
General George Washington Resigning His Commission by
John Trumbull
Undated
Ongoing
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 –
Theodosia Burr Alston , daughter of
Aaron Burr ,
First Lady of
South Carolina during
War of 1812 (died
1813 )
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
Deaths
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 . {{
cite book }}
: 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.
^
Brookhiser, Richard (1996).
Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington . Newark, NJ: Free Press. p.
103 .
ISBN
9780684822914 .
^ White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880 . New York, NY: Dover Publications.
ISBN
0-486-23818-0 .
^ Biographical/Historical Information, Coad, Patrick family. Papers, 1798-1888,
[1] ,Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center , September 16, 2011.
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