WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1783
Find out what all happened May to December 1783

The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon). (4. June 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 last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. (25. November 1783)

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

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

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

George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. (23. December 1783)

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

A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast. (18. August 1783)

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

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

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

Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths. (4. August 1783)

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

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

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