WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1783
Find out what all happened February to December 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)

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

George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. (23. December 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)

John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows. (3. November 1783)

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

American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. (3. September 1783)

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

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

In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight. (21. November 1783)

The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon). (15. October 1783)

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

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

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria. (4. November 1783)

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

At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers. (4. December 1783)

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey. (29. November 1783)

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

The American Continental Army is disbanded. (3. November 1783)