In history, year 1786 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1786 .
Top Historical Events of the Year 1786: Date/Month Event / Incidence / Incident 01 may The Marriage of Figaro, an opera buffa composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna. 08 august Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat completed the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps, an act considered to be the birth of modern mountaineering. 11 august Captain Francis Light founded the British colony of Penang,beginning more than a century of British involvement in Malaya. 29 august Led by Daniel Shays, disgruntled farmers in WesternMassachusetts, US, angered by high tax burdens and disenfranchisement,started Shays' Rebellion. 12 September Lord Cornwallis became the Governor General of India. 08 August The US Congress accepted the silver dollar and the decimal system for currency. 06 January The outer bound East Indian Halswell was wrecked on a storm off the south coast of England, leaving only 74 of the 240 survivors. 13 February Abraham Baldwin was elected president of the University of Georgia. 01 May The wedding of Mozart's opera Vivah premiered in Vienna. 10 June An earthquake in China's Sijuan province broke the dam on the Dadu River, killing one million people. 29 July The first newspaper was published in the West's Alleghany, Pitts Gadget. 01 August Caroline Herschel discovered a comet, the first discovery by a woman. 26 September Eden Accord: A commercial treaty was signed between the states of Great Britain and France. 20 October The first astronomical expedition was conducted at Harvard University America. 07 November The Staughton Music Society, the oldest music organization in the United States, was founded. 04 December Mission Santa Barbara was founded by Padre Fermin Lassuen as the tenth part of the Spanish mission in California.
Famous birthdays in the year 1786: Date/Month Name / Profession / Country 07 October Louis-Joseph Papineau / Politician / Canada 08 May John Vianney / Priest / France 10 September William Mason / Politician / United States of America 10 September Nicolás Bravo / Politician / Mexico 11 October Stevenson Archer / Politician / United States of America 11 September Friedrich Kuhlau / Pianist / Germany 12 January Sir Robert Inglis / Politician / United Kingdom 12 December William L. Marcy / Lawyer / United States of America 13 June Winfield Scott / General / United States of America 15 May Dimitris Plapoutas / Politician / Greece 16 April John Franklin / Politician / United Kingdom 17 August Davy Crockett / Politician / United States of America 18 September Justinus Kerner / Poet / Germany 20 December Pietro Raimondi / Composer / Italy 21 June Charles Edward Horn / Writer / United Kingdom 24 February Wilhelm Grimm / Author / Germany 24 February Martin W. Bates / Politician / United States of America 26 February François Arago / Politician / France 29 September Guadalupe Victoria / Lawyer / Mexico 30 October Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé / Author / Canada
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