Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1787. 1787 (MDCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

The Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 involved an unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to regain lands lost to the Russian Empire in the course of the...

assembled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between May 25 and September 17, 1787. Delegates to the convention were chosen by the state legislatures of 12...

Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. Although the convention was intended to revise the league of states and...

North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the...

monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, concomitantly with the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792), Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) and Theatre War. It is sometimes referred...

the urging of the Queen, Louis XVI dismissed Calonne on 8 April 1787. On 1 May 1787 Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, Archbishop of Toulouse and...

Louise-Marie of France, OCD (15 July 1737 – 23 December 1787) was a French princess and Discalced Carmelite, the youngest of the ten children of King Louis...

Independent Journal, the New York Packet, and The Daily Advertiser between October 1787 and April 1788. A compilation of these 77 essays and eight others were published...

which established the United States as an independent nation. On December 7, 1787, Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States...

Island died out, possibly due to a combination of climate change and hunting. 1787-1784 BC: The Amorite civilization conquers Uruk and Isin. 1786 BC: In Egypt...

Confederation. These states are presented in the order in which each ratified the 1787 Constitution, thus joining the present federal Union of states. Subsequent...

The year 1787 in science and technology involved some significant events. January 11 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, the first moons of...

Vessel Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under...

Artur Stanisław Potocki (1787–1832) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). He was the son of Julia Lubomirska and Jan Potocki, the travel writer best known...

Theodore Frelinghuysen (March 28, 1787 – April 12, 1862) was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate. He was the...

Ecclesiastical Courts Acts 1787 to 1860 is the collective title of the following Acts: The Ecclesiastical Suits Act 1787 (27 Geo. 3. c. 44) – repealed...

(to a traditional tune) "Ein Schifflein sah ich fahren" (Soldier Song ca.1787) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Fantasia in F-sharp minor, H.300 Neue Melodien...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1787. January 15 – Ann Ward marries William Radcliffe, gaining the surname by...

Jean-François Sudre, also written Sudré (15 August 1787 – 3 October 1862), was a violinist, composer and music teacher who invented a musical language...

justice (6 August 1787, 19 November 1787, and 8 May 1788), exiling all Parlement magistrates to Troyes as a punishment on 15 August 1787, prohibiting six...

Sergeyevich Menshikov (Russian: Князь Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ме́ншиков; 26 August 1787 – 2 May 1869) was a Russian nobleman, military commander and statesman. He...

Events from the year 1787 in Canada. Monarch: George III Governor of the Canadas: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas...

John Green (29 June 1787 – 30 September 1852) and Benjamin Green (1811–14 November 1858) were a father and son who worked in partnership as architects...

1787 – 30 January 1853), was a magistrate and poet who is buried in Sandbach. He is the son of John Latham (1761–1843). Born at Oxford, 18 March 1787...

Lincolnshire. The bridge was built by the civil engineer, William Weston between 1787 and 1791. It is a handsome and substantial three span bridge in ashlar masonry...

political instability in the Dutch Republic between approximately 1780 and 1787. Its name derives from the Patriots (Patriotten) faction who opposed the...

the year 1787 in Russia Monarch – Catherine II Black Sea Cossack Host formed Crimean journey of Catherine the Great Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) begins...

The Anapa campaign (1787) was a military expedition launched by the Russians to capture the fortress of Anapa. The Russians failed to capture the fort...

earlier as a 10th magnitude star. It may have been observed in 1217 and in 1787 as well. It is expected to undergo an outburst again, likely during August...