1783 in the United States

Events from the year 1783 in the United States.

Events

January–March

• February 3 – American Revolutionary War: Britain awards the United States independence.
• February 4 – American Revolutionary War: Great Britain formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America.
• March 5 – Last celebration of Massacre Day.

April–June

• April 15 – Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War are ratified.
• May 26 – A Great Jubilee Day is held in Trumbull, Connecticut to celebrate the end of the American Revolution.
• June 20 – Continental Army soldiers mob Independence Hall demanding back pay from the Congress of the Confederation in the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783. Congress flees to New Jersey.

July–September

• July 16 – Grants of land in Canada to American loyalists are announced.
• September 3 – American Revolutionary War – Treaty of Paris: A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war.
• September 9 – Dickinson College was chartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

October–December

• November 2 – In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his Farewell Address to the Army.
• November 25 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City 3 months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
• November 30 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• December 4 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
• December 23 – George Washington resigns his commission as commander-in-chief of the American armies.

Undated

• United Empire Loyalists flee to Canada from the new United States.
• Loyalists from New York settle Great Abaco in the Bahamas.
• Spain refuses to grant diplomatic recognition to the United States.
• Evan Williams's distillery was founded in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Births

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