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The Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 (also known as the Philadelphia Mutiny) was an anti-government protest by nearly 400 soldiers of the Continental Army in June 1783. The mutiny, and the refusal of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania to stop it, ultimately resulted in Congress of the Confederation vacating Philadelphia and the creation of a federal district, ultimately developed as Washington ...
Bean was born on June 8, 1783 to William Bean and Elizabeth Blair in Grainger County, Tennessee. Bean was the first born child from his father's second marriage, and he had seven siblings and several half-siblings. He grew up in the Cumberland Mountains in eastern Tennessee, and his grandfather had established a settlement known as Bean's Station.
1783 (MDCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1783rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 783rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 18th century, and the 4th year of the 1780s decade. As of the start ...
On 8 June 1783, a 25 km-long (15.5 mi) fissure of at least 130 vents opened with phreatomagmatic explosions because of the groundwater interacting with the rising basalt magma. [7] Over a few days the eruptions became less explosive, Strombolian, and later Hawaiian in character, with high rates of lava effusion.
Beginning on June 8, 1783, the multi-year eruption of the volcanic system including Grímsvötn and Þórðarhyrna (sometimes referred to in Icelandic as the Skaftáreldur, Skaftá Fires) [6] filled the river valley with lava, including a gorge thought to have been 200 metres (660 ft) deep, [7] diverting its flow into the multiple shallow channels that now characterize its course.
January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, 1782, treaties signed by the United States with the United Netherlands. [1] February 3 – American Revolutionary War: Britain awards the United States independence. Spain refuses to grant diplomatic recognition to the United States.
Pattimura was born Thomas Matulessy on 8 June 1783 in Saparua, Maluku; the name Pattimura was his pseudonym. [1] [2] His parents were Frans Matulessia and Fransina Tilahoi, and he had a little brother named Yohanis. [3] According to I.O. Nanulaitta, quoted from Historia.id, Matulessia's family is a Protestant Christian.
In June, the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 broke out among angry soldiers who demanded payment, causing Congress to relocate the capital to Princeton. Upon re-convening, Congress reduced the size of the army from 11,000 to 2,000. [ 22 ]