Editing 1787 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 9]] &ndash; The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase {{Convert|100|acre|km2}} of land for the seat of [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to [[Pittsboro, North Carolina|Pittsboro]]), for [[William Pitt the Younger]].
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[William Herschel]] discovers [[Titania (moon)|Titania]] and [[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]], two [[moons of Uranus]].
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 38 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 38]]'' is premièred in [[Prague]].
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Arthur St. Clair]] of [[Pennsylvania]] is chosen as the new President of the Congress of the Confederation.<ref name="Harper1787">''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Shays' Rebellion]] in [[Massachusetts]] fails.
* [[February 21]] &ndash; The Confederation Congress sends word to the 13 states that a convention will be held in Philadelphia on May 14 to revise the Articles of Confederation.<ref name="Harper1787"/>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; A charter is granted, establishing the institution which will become the [[University of Pittsburgh]].
* [[March 3]] &ndash; By a vote of 33 to 29, [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] is approved as the new capital of [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=Konkle>Burton Alva Konkle, ''George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1731-1791'' (William J. Campbell publishing, 1922) p299</ref>
* [[March 17]] &ndash; The [[Bank of North America]], the central bank of the United States government under the [[Articles of Confederation]], is re-incorporated after its charter had expired in 1786.<ref name=Konkle/><ref>''Congressional Record'' (December 8, 1913) p446</ref>
* [[March 28]] &ndash; In the British House of Commons, [[Henry Beaufoy]] files the first motion to repeal the [[Test Act 1673]], which restricts the rights of non-members of the Church of England.;<ref>Sheldon J. Godfrey and Judy Godfrey, ''Search Out the Land: The Jews and the Growth of Equality in British Colonial America, 1740-1867'' (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995) p129</ref> Beaufoy's motion is rejected, and the Act is not repealed until 1829.  
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Biblical theology]] becomes a separate discipline from biblical studies, as [[Johann Philipp Gabler]] delivers his speech "On the proper distinction between biblical and dogmatic theology and the specific objectives of each" upon his inauguration as the professor of theology at the [[University of Altdorf]] in Germany.<ref>Craig Bartholomew, ''Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation'' (Zondervan, 2011) p2
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