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What Happened in August 1787

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Historical Events

  • Aug 2 Swiss alpine explorer Horace Bénédict de Saussure becomes the third person to reach the top of Mont Blanc
  • Aug 6 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begins debate on the first draft of the Constitution

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Aug 10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his chamber piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (A Little Serenade)

Classical Musician and Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Aug 16 Turkey declares war on Russia (Russo-Turkish War 1787-92)
  • Aug 17 Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
  • Aug 22 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
  • Aug 24 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526
Events in 1787

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 15 Alexander Aliabiev, Russian composer remembered as one of the fathers of Russian art song, born in Tobolsk, Siberia (d. 1851)
  • Aug 24 James Weddell, British sailor and Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea), born in Ostend, Belgium (d. 1834)
Born in 1787

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 1 Alfonsus Liguori, Italian bishop, theologian, poet, composer, lawyer, and Catholic saint, dies at 90
  • Aug 13 Isaac de Pinto, Dutch merchant (Dutch East India Company), and scholar, dies at 70


What Happened in 1787

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