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Events from the year 1783 in the United States. The
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officially ended with the
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Incumbents

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President of the Continental Congress The president of the United States in Congress Assembled, known unofficially as the president of the Continental Congress and later as the president of the Congress of the Confederation, was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the ...
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Elias Boudinot Elias Boudinot ( ; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (more accurately referred to as the Congress of the Confederation) and served as President ...
(until November 4),
Thomas Mifflin Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744January 20, 1800) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Pennsylvania, who is regarded as a Founding Father of the United States for his roles during and after the American Revolution. Mifflin wa ...
(starting November 4)


Events


January–March

* January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, 1782, treaties signed by the United States with the United Netherlands. * February 3 –
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awards the United States independence.
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refuses to grant diplomatic recognition to the United States. * February 4 –
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formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America. * February 26 – The United States Continental Army's Corps of Engineers is disbanded. * March 5 – Last celebration of Massacre Day in Boston, Massachusetts. * March 15 – Newburgh Conspiracy: A potential uprising in the Continental Army stationed at Newburgh, New York, is defused when George Washington asks the officers to support the supremacy of the United States Congress.


April–June

* April – Peace and off Treaty signed with Sweden in Paris, the first act of state concluded between the United States and a foreign power. * April 15 – Preliminary articles of peace ending the
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are ratified by the Congress of the Confederation. * May 13 – The Society of the Cincinnati, a fraternal organization for American veterans of the American Revolution, is formed in Newburgh, New York. * May 18 – The first United Empire Loyalists, fleeing the new United States, reach Parrtown in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. * May 26 – A Great Jubilee Day is held in Trumbull, Connecticut, to celebrate the end of the
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. * June 20 – Continental Army soldiers mob Independence Hall, Philadelphia, demanding back pay from the Congress of the Confederation in the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783. Congress flees to New Jersey.


July–September

* July 16 – Grants of land in Canada to Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalists are announced. * September 3 –
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– A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war and formally granting the United States independence from Great Britain. * September 9 – Dickinson College is chartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. * September 22 – American frontier: Confederation Congress Proclamation of 1783 prohibits the settlement, purchase or receipt of Indian lands beyond existing states without its specific authority and direction.


October–December

* November 2 – In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, United States General George Washington gives his ''Farewell Address to the Army''. * November 3 – The American Continental Army is disbanded as the first act of business by the Congress of the Confederation, Confederation Congress, after
Thomas Mifflin Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744January 20, 1800) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Pennsylvania, who is regarded as a Founding Father of the United States for his roles during and after the American Revolution. Mifflin wa ...
is elected the new President to succeed Elias Boudinot. * November 25 – Evacuation Day (New York): The last Kingdom of Great Britain, British troops leave New York City and George Washington triumphantly returns, three months after the signing of the
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. * November 29 – The 5.3 1783 New Jersey earthquake, New Jersey earthquake affects the Province of New Jersey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ("Very strong"). * December 4 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell. * December 23 – George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army to the Congress of the Confederation in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. He retires to his home at Mount Vernon. Washington's resignation affirms the new nation's commitment to the principle of civilian control of the military and prompts King George III of the United Kingdom to call him "the greatest character of the age."


Undated

* Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalists from New York (state), New York settle Abaco Islands, Great Abaco in the The Bahamas, Bahamas. * Evan Williams (bourbon) distillery is founded in Bardstown, Kentucky.


Ongoing

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(1775–1783) * Articles of Confederation in effect (1781–1788)


Births

* January 14 – Wilson Lumpkin, U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1837 to 1841 and Governor of Georgia from 1831 to 1835 (died 1870 in the United States, 1870) * February 16 – Stephen Cassin, U.S. Navy officer (died 1857 in the United States, 1857) * March 8 – Hannah Van Buren, née Hoes, wife of Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (died 1819 in the United States, 1819) * April 3 – Washington Irving, author (died 1859 in the United States, 1859) * May 12 – Perry Smith (politician), Perry Smith, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1837 to 1843 (died 1852 in the United States, 1852) * May 25 – Philip P. Barbour, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1836 to 1841 (died 1841 in the United States, 1841) * June 21 – Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of Aaron Burr, First Lady of South Carolina during War of 1812 (died 1813 in the United States, 1813) * July 31 – John Wales, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1849 to 1851 (died 1863 in the United States, 1863) * August 12 – John Williams Walker, U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1819 to 1822 (died 1823 in the United States, 1823) * September 14 – Henry Johnson (Louisiana politician), Henry Johnson, U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1818 to 1824 and 1844 to 1849 (died 1864 in the United States, 1864) * December 14 – David Barton (politician), David Barton, U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1821 to 1831 (died 1837 in the United States, 1837) * December 30 – Stephen Harriman Long, Stephen H. Long, mechanical engineer with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (died 1864 in the United States, 1864)


Undated

*Patrick Coad, teacher and lecturer (died 1872 in the United States, 1872)Biographical/Historical Information, Coad, Patrick family. Papers, 1798-1888

''Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center'', September 16, 2011.


Deaths

* January 15 – William Alexander, Lord Stirling, Major-General in the Continental Army (born 1726) * March 23 – Charles Carroll (barrister), Charles Carroll, lawyer, delegate to the Continental Congress (born 1723) * May 23 – James Otis Jr., political activist and pamphleteer (born 1725) * November 15 – John Hanson, first President of the Continental Congress (born 1721) * November 23 – Ann Eliza Bleecker, poet, novelist and correspondent (born 1752)


See also

*Timeline of the American Revolution, Timeline of the American Revolution (1760–1789)


References


External links

* {{Year in North America, 1783 1783 in the United States, 1780s in the United States 1783 by country, United States 1783 in North America, United States Years of the 18th century in the United States