WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1787
Find out what all happened April to December 1787

The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia. (17. September 1787)

Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. (1. October 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)

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)

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

Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague. (29. October 1787)

The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval. (28. September 1787)

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

Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. (7. December 1787)

Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first. (12. December 1787)

New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. (18. December 1787)

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