WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1787
Find out what all happened January to August 1787

William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. (11. January 1787)

Shays' Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty. (25. January 1787)

Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States. (20. June 1787)

The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. (13. July 1787)

Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (6. August 1787)

Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia. (13. May 1787)

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides. (14. May 1787)

Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts. (3. February 1787)