See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
February 3 - American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.
February 4 - American Revolutionary War: Great Britain formally declares that it will cease
hostilities with the United States of America.
May 18 - Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada- First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown.
July 16 - Grants of land in Canada to American loyalists announced.
September 3 - American Revolutionary War ends: Treaty of Paris - A treaty between the
United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war.
November 2 - In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his
"Farewell Address to the Army".
November 21 - In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, the marquis
d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight (flight time: 25 minutes, Maximum
height: 5½ miles).
November 25 - American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City
three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
December 4 - At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington
formally bids his officers farewell.
Montgolfiers demonstrate the World's first hot air balloon in Annonay, France.
City of Sevastopol founded;
United Empire Loyalists flee to Canada from the new United States.
Treaty of Versailles signed, ending hostilities between the Franco-Spanish Alliance
and England.
Births:
January 23 -
Stendhal, writer.
March 7 -
Janna van den Houten.
March 8 -
Hannah Van Buren, First Lady of the United States.
April 3 -
Washington Irving, American author.
April 10 -
Hortense de Beauharnais Queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor
Napoleon III of France.
May 20 -
Lena van den Houten.
June 29 -
Mecheline Niclasine van den Houten.
Baptized:
March 9 -
Adriaantje Quant.
July 2 -
Anna Catharina van de Outen.
July 2 -
Hendrina van den Outen.
Deaths:
October 29 -
Jean le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician.
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