What Happened in November 1786

Historical Events

Nov 7 The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded in Boston, Massachusetts as the Stoughton Musical Society

Death Penalty First Abolished

Nov 30 Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making his the 1st state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 commemorated as Cities for Life Day.

Events in 1786

Famous Birthdays

Nov 7 Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, Spanish choirmaster and composer, born in Sanaüja, Spain (d. 1853)
Nov 10 Carl Eberwein, German composer and violinist, born in Weimar, Germany (d. 1868)
Nov 12 John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) (d. 1848)

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Nov 18 German pianist, romantic composer (Der Freischutz; Oberon), and lithographer, born in Eutin, Bishopric of Lübeck, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)

Nov 18 Henry Bishop, British composer and conductor, born in London (d. 1855)

Born in 1786

Famous Deaths

Nov 30 Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish military leader and colonial administrator (Spanish Governor of Louisiana and Cuba, 1777-83, Viceroy of New Spain, 1785-6), dies of typhus at 40