1787 - What happened in 1787 ?

January 1787

Thursday 11:

William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.

February 1787

Saturday 03:

Shays' Rebellion is crushed, ending an uprising that would prompt negotiations that would result in the drafting of the Constitution of the United States.

May 1787

Sunday 13:

Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.

Monday 14:

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States.

Thursday 24:

The United States Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Friday 25:

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States. George Washington presides.

July 1787

Friday 13:

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.

September 1787

Monday 17:

The United States Constitution is adopted by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

Thursday 27:

The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.

Friday 28:

The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the State legislatures for approval.

October 1787

Monday 29:

Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

December 1787

Friday 07:

Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Wednesday 12:

Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution

Tuesday 18:

New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the United States Constitution