Event:
1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister Britain. Upon taking office, he acknowledged the independence of the United States and began an end to British involvement in the Revolutionary War.
Birth:
1785 Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy, son for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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For a Spiral Bound book with information on events that happened on each day of the year during the American Revolutionary Period click: American Revolutionary Period: 1760-1789
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