WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1783
Find out what all happened February to July 1783

A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated end of fighting in American Revolution. (26. May 1783)

In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place. (15. March 1783)

The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon). (4. June 1783)

The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk. (24. July 1783)

Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified. (15. April 1783)

American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar. (7. February 1783)

First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John), New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States. (18. May 1783)

A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France. (22. June 1783)

American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement. (25. July 1783)

In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. (5. February 1783)

Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine. (8. June 1783)

American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence. (3. February 1783)