The Revolutionary War wasn't over yet, even though Yorktown had occurred two years earlier; the Mongol Horde is finished off by Catherine the Great; what else happened?

1. What Happened in 1783?
The World’s Population is roughly 900 million.
Only 3.6 million are part of the fledgling United States.

2. It Is 1783 A.D.
Despite the victory at Yorktown in 1781, the
Revolution is not over until the Treaty of
Paris is signed in September 1783.

3. It Is 1783 A.D.
Catherine the Great of Russia annexes
the Crimean Khanate, finishing off the
last of the Mongol Golden Horde.

4. It Is 1783 A.D.
The first public demonstration of a parachute
jump is done in France by a man leaping from
an observatory.

5. It Is 1783 A.D.
An English clergyman, John Michell,
concludes that some stars might have
enough gravity to prevent light from
escaping: he calls them Dark Stars, later to
be known as Black Holes.

6. It Is 1783 A.D.
Laki, a volcanic fissure in Iceland, begins to
erupt. Its emissions kill a quarter of the
people in Iceland and caused drought and
crop failures around the world, killing an
estimated 6 million people.

7. It Is 1783 A.D.
the 3.6 million who are part of the fledgling United State
600,000 are slaves (18%).
60,000 are free blacks (1.5 %)

8. Eagle’s Mission: Ides of March 1783
Travel back in time to
Newburgh, N.Y.
15 March 1783 A.D.
The day on which George
Washington gives a
dramatic speech, halting a
coup by his officers
against Congress and
saving the fledgling United
States.

9. It Is 15 March 1783. The
Ides
But What If Washington never
makes the speech?

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