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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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 c. 44) – repealed...

the United States as a sovereign and independent nation. On December 7, 1787, Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States...

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

(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...

a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1787. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...

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

Forth and Clyde Navigation Committee was set up in Glasgow in (or before) 1787 and had several notable members: John Riddel (Lord Provost of Glasgow); John...

Arthur Devis (19 February 1712 – 25 July 1787) was an English artist whose father, Anthony, was progenitor of what became a family dynasty of painters...

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

developments were not witnessed by Mozart's father, who had died on 28 May 1787. In December 1787, Mozart finally obtained a steady post under aristocratic patronage...

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

Jacques Viger (May 7, 1787 – December 12, 1858) was an antiquarian, archaeologist, and the first mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Viger was born in Montreal...

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...

fought on 11–12 OctoberN.S./30 September – 1 OctoberO.S. 1787 as part of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). A weak fortress, Kinburn [ru] was located opposite...

of Jama, regent 1781 to 1787 (until Senzangakhona came of age) Senzangakhona kaJama (c. 1762–1816), son of Jama, chief 1787 to 1816 Sigujana kaSenzangakhona...

1787 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events 18 January — the vacant Championship of England title was claimed by Tom Johnson following...