Major Events
- May 13 First Fleet headed by Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of convicts for Botany Bay, Australia [1]
- May 14 Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution
- Sep 17 The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention
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1787 in Music
- Aug 10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his chamber piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (A Little Serenade)
- Aug 24 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526
- Oct 29 Opera "Don Giovanni", music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte premieres at the National Theater of Bohemia in Prague
Karl Ferdinand von Graefe
Louis-Jacques DaguerreMore People Born in 1787
Who Died in 1787
- Jan 1 Arthur Middleton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 44
- Feb 13 Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat, dies at 67
- Feb 13 Roger Boscovich [Ruđer Bošković], Croatian-Italian astronomer. physicist, poet, and priest, dies at 75
- Mar 2 Jean Allamand, Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher, dies at 73
- Mar 11 Maximilien Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Menuet Reine), dies at 45
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Articles About 1787
How Australia Was Born
Captain Arthur Phillip commanded a fleet of British ships carrying convicts to New South Wales on this day, effectively founding the British colony of Australia.May 13
Constitution of the United States
Page one of the original copy of the Constitution of the United StatesSeptember 17
Famous Weddings in 1787
- Mar 11 Naval officer Horatio Nelson (28) weds Frances Nisbet at Montpelier Estate on the island of Nevis
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Louis XVI
William Pitt the Younger