Editing 1783 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 16]] &ndash; Grants of land in Canada to [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists]] are announced.
* [[July 24]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Georgievsk]] is signed between [[Imperial Russia]] and the [[Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti]], making [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] a [[protectorate]] of Russia.
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Mount Asama]], the most active [[volcano]] in [[Japan]], begins a climactic eruption, killing roughly 1,400 people directly and exacerbating a famine, resulting in another 20,000 deaths ([[Tenmei eruption]]).
* [[August 10]] &ndash; The British [[East India Company]] packet ship [[Antelope (1781 EIC packet ship)|''Antelope'' (1781)]] is wrecked off [[Ulong Island]] in the [[Palau]] (Pelew) group, resulting in the first sustained European contact with those islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Palau.htm|title=Palau|access-date=2016-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226211421/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Palau.htm |archive-date=2007-12-26|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; The [[1783 Great Meteor]] passes on a 1,000-mile track across the [[North Sea]], Great Britain and France, prompting scientific discussion.
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Jacques Charles]] and [[Les Frères Robert]] launch the world's first hydrogen-filled balloon, ''[[Robert brothers#First hydrogen balloon|Le Globe]]'', in Paris.
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Peace of Paris (1783)|Peace of Paris]]: A treaty between the United States and Great Britain is signed in Paris, formally ending the [[American Revolutionary War]], in which Britain recognizes the independence of the United States; and treaties are signed between Britain, France, and Spain at [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]], ending hostilities with the Franco-Spanish Alliance.
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Dickinson College]] is chartered in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]].