John Howard, English philanthropist, sets out on his travels to visit the plague hospitals.
La Pérouse, French Admiral, proceeds to explore the Northern Pacific.
1786. A negro colony sent from London to found the settlement of Sierra Leone.
Outbreak of Shay's revolt in Massachusetts.
Impeachment of Warren Hastings, England, for peculation in India.
Galvani makes electrical discoveries.
1787. "Framing of the Constitution of the United States." See xiv, [173].
Civil liberty taught in France by Lafayette and his companions in America, leads to the French Revolution.
Shay's rebellion repressed. Congress undertakes the government of the Northwest Territory.
Wedgwood manufactures his imitations of Etruscan ware.