World War 1 and 2

Years: 1783 1784 1785 - 1786 - 1787 1788 1789
Decades: 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

Events

May 21 - Trial of the Necklace affair ends in Paris
August 8 - Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time by Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat .
September 2 – Hurricane in England
Choctaw Treaty
Chickasaw Treaty
Robert Burns publishes Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
Francis Light acquires the island of Penang from the Sultan of Kedah on behalf of the British East India Company. It is the first British colony in South-East Asia.
Anglo-Spanish treaty gives Belize to Britain
First ship of convicts leaves Britain for Botany Bay, Australia - 820 out of 1138 aboard are convicts
The trade with Iceland is opened to all Danish and Norwegian traders.
The Mozart opera "The Marriage of Figaro" is premiered in Vienna

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