Editing 1787 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]] &ndash; A Charter of Justice is signed, providing the authority for the establishment of the [[Vice Admiralty Court (New South Wales)|first New South Wales (i.e. Australian) Courts of Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction]].
* [[May 7]] &ndash; [[The New Church (Swedenborgian)]] is founded in England.
* [[May 13]] &ndash; Captain [[Arthur Phillip]] leaves [[Portsmouth]], England, with the 11 ships of the [[First Fleet]], carrying around 700 convicts and at least 300 crew and guards to establish a [[penal colony]] in Australia.
* [[May 14]] &ndash; In [[Philadelphia]], delegates begin arriving for a [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]].<ref name="Harper1787"/>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; In Britain, [[Thomas Clarkson]] and [[Granville Sharp]] found the [[Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade]], with support from [[John Wesley]], [[Josiah Wedgwood]] and others.
* [[May 25]] &ndash; In [[Philadelphia]], delegates begin to convene the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]], intended to amend the [[Articles of Confederation]] (however, a new [[United States Constitution]] is eventually produced). [[George Washington]] presides over the Convention.
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Orangism (Dutch Republic)|Orangist]] troops attack [[Vreeswijk]], [[Harmelen]] and [[Maarssen]]; civil war starts in the [[Dutch Republic]].
* [[May 31]] &ndash; The original [[Lord's Cricket Ground]] in London holds its first [[cricket]] match;<ref name="Cassell's Chronology339340">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/339|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/339 339–340]}}</ref> [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] founded.<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title= The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=230–231|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Oliver Ellsworth]] moves at the [[Federal Convention]] that the government be called the United States.
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange|Princess Wilhelmina of Orange]], sister of King [[Frederick William II of Prussia]], is captured by [[Dutch Republic]]an [[Patriots (Dutch Republic)|patriots]], taken to [[Goejanverwellesluis]] and not allowed to travel to [[The Hague]].