Editing 1783 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; The first [[Waterford Crystal]] [[glassmaking]] business begins production in [[Waterford]], Ireland.
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Great Mass in C minor, K. 427|Great Mass]]'' is first performed, in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]].
* [[November 2]] &ndash; In [[Rocky Hill, New Jersey]], [[General (United States)|United States General]] [[George Washington]] gives his ''Farewell Address to the Army''.
* [[November 3]] &ndash; The American [[Continental Army]] is disbanded as the first act of business by the [[Confederation Congress]], after [[Thomas Mifflin]] is elected the new President to succeed Elias Boudinot.<ref name="Harper1783"/>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; In Paris, [[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier]] and [[François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes]], make the first untethered [[hot air balloon]] flight (flight time: 25 minutes, Maximum height: 900 m).
* [[November 24]] &ndash; In Spain, the ''[[Cedula of Population]]'' is signed, stating that anyone who will swear fealty to Spain and is of the [[Roman Catholic]] faith is welcome to populate [[Trinidad and Tobago]].
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The last British troops [[Evacuation Day (New York)|leave New York City]] and George Washington triumphantly returns, three months after the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]].
* [[November 27]] &ndash; English rector [[John Michell]] concludes that some stars might have enough gravity force to prevent light escaping from them, so he calls them "[[Black hole|dark star]]s".
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[1783 New Jersey earthquake]]: An [[earthquake]] of 5.3 magnitude strikes [[New Jersey]].
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Jacques Charles]] and [[Robert brothers|Nicolas-Louis Robert]] make the first manned flight in a hydrogen-filled [[gas balloon]] in Paris.
* [[December 4]] &ndash; At [[Fraunces Tavern]] in New York City, [[General (United States)|U.S. General]] [[George Washington]] formally bids his officers farewell.
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[William Pitt the Younger]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]].
[[File:General George Washington Resigning his Commission.jpg|thumb|right|[[December 23]]: [[General George Washington Resigning His Commission]]]]
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief|General George Washington resigns his commission as commander-in-chief]] of the [[Continental Army]] to the [[Congress of the Confederation]] in the [[Maryland State House]] in Annapolis, Maryland, and retires to his home at [[Mount Vernon]]. Washington's resignation, described by historian [[Thomas Fleming (historian)|Thomas Fleming]] as "the most important moment in American history,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/42438|title=The Most Important Moment in American History|first=Thomas|last=Fleming|work=History News Network|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> affirms the [[United States]]' commitment to the principle of [[civilian control of the military]], and prompts [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] to call Washington "the greatest character of the age."<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Richard Brookhiser|year=1996|title=Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington|first=Richard|last=Brookhiser|location=Newark, NJ|publisher=Free Press|isbn=9780684822914|page=[https://archive.org/details/foundingfatherre00broo/page/103 103]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/foundingfatherre00broo/page/103}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Louis-Sébastien Lenormand]] makes the first ever recorded public demonstration of a [[parachute]] descent, by jumping from the tower of the [[Montpellier]] Observatory in France, using his rigid-framed model, which he intends as a form of fire escape.