1787
Appearance
Centuries: Year in Review 18th Century (17th century - 18th century - 19th century)
Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years: 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 - 1787 - 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792
Events
- September 17 - United States Constitution adopted
- Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel.
Births
Deaths
- November 3 - Robert Lowth, Bishop of the Church of England
- June 20 - Karl Friedrich Abel, aged 63, German baroque composer
- Georg Simon Ohm - chemist or physicist, I guess