1786

Year 1786 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * - signed between  and the
 * - signed between  and the
 * - Trial of the ends in.

July - December

 * -  discovered a  - the first comet discovered by a woman.
 * -  was climbed for the first time by Dr.  and.




 * - Captain, known as the founder of , landed in and renamed it "Prince of Wales Island" in honour of the.
 * - begins.


 * - in.


 * - The oldest musical organization in the  was founded as the.
 * - of, Grand Duke of , promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty.  is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as.


 * - The was founded by, becoming the tenth mission in the  chain.




 * undertakes his 'Italian Journey' throughout September-December (published in ).

Undated

 * publishes Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
 * acquires the island of from the Sultan of  on behalf of the . It is the first   in.
 * Anglo-Spanish treaty gives to.
 * First ship of convicts leaves for, : 820 out of 1138 aboard are s.
 * The trade with is opened to all  and  traders.
 * , the capital of, is founded
 * The opera "" is premiered in.
 * The town of, , itself named for Royal Governor in , is renamed "Greenesville" in honor of United States General  by the ; the name "Greenesville" is later shortened to become.
 * tested his first steam boat in the at  Virginia (now ).

Births

 * -, President of the Second Bank of the United States (d. )
 * -, English politician (d. )
 * -, French architect (d. )
 * -, Grand duchess of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. )
 * -, German philologist and folklorist (d. )
 * -, Polish historian (d. )
 * -, American general and Presidential candidate (d. )


 * -, American frontiersman (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Italian-Irish entrepreneur
 * -, American statesman (d. )

Unknown dates

 * , English composer (d. ??)
 * , Korean epigrapher (d. )
 * , American philosopher (d. )
 * , German composer (d. )
 * , French historian
 * of (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, French physician and scientist (b. )
 * -, Governor of New Hampshire (b. )
 * -, English architect and engineer (b. )
 * -, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. )
 * -, British naval officer (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, Swedish chemist (b. )
 * -, consort of Queen (b. )


 * - King of Prussia (b. )
 * -, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, British admiral (b. )
 * -, Swiss artist (b. )
 * -, Spanish military leader, (b. ), aided the in its quest for independence in the.
 * -, Italian critic and dramatist (b. )

Unknown dates

 * (none)


 * See also .