January 11 Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel January 25 Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass January 28 Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes February 4 1st Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania consecrated in London February 4 Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails February 18 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor April 12 Philadelphia's Free African Society forms April 16 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in New York City May 6 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston May 10 Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings May 13 Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay May 14 Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution May 17 English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes May 25 Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding May 29 "Virginia Plan" proposed June 12 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old July 2 De Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered July 6 French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax July 6 Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede July 13 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) July 13 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop July 15 Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes August 2 Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc August 6 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begans debate August 10 Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik" August 10 Turkey declares war on Russia August 17 Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups August 19 W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn August 22 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton August 24 Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 September 12 Black Masons form 1st lodge September 13 Prussian army moves into Netherlands September 15 Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam September 17 Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem September 17 U.S. constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention September 20 Prince Willem V returns to Hague September 27 Constitution submitted to states for ratification September 28 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval September 30 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston October 2 Maagden House opens in Amsterdam October 10 Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army October 17 Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities October 26 "Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution October 27 Federalist letters start appearing in New York newspapers October 29 Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) November 1 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens November 18 1st Unitarian minister in U.S. ordained, Boston November 21 Andrew Jackson admitted to bar November 30 Spanish governor leaves Philippines December 6 Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor December 7 Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution December 12 Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify U.S. constitution December 18 New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution
