1787
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Centuries: 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
[edit] Events
- August 16 - Lieutenant William Bligh takes command of the HMVA Bounty.
- December 23 - The HMVA Bounty is sent to Tahiti to collect breadfruit plants.
[edit] Births
- March 16 - Georg Ohm, German physicist
- December 10 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the American School for the Deaf
[edit] Deaths
- May 28 - Leopold Mozart, composer
- June 20 - Karl Friedrich Abel, German Baroque composer
