January 6 Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople January 7 1st U.S. seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia January 14 Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris January 26 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol February 22 1st U.S. ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York February 28 John Wesley charters Methodist Church February 29 Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille March 1 E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain April 15 1st balloon flight in Ireland April 29 Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna) May 8 Only known deaths by hailstones in U.S. in Winnsborough, South Carolina May 11 England and Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty May 20 England and Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris) May 22 Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy May 25 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek June 4 Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly, in a balloon June 9 John Carroll appointed supervisor of U.S. Catholic Missions June 23 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren August 13 English parliament accept India Act August 23 Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it September 21 1st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet and General Advertiser) Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser 1st success U.S. daily newspaper September 22 Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK November 1 Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents December 21 John Jay becomes 1st U.S. Secretary of State
