Editing 1786 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
[[File:Östersund from Frösön.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Östersund]]]]
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[HMS Bellerophon (1786)|HMS ''Bellerophon'']] begins service with the Royal Navy.<ref>Colin Pengelly, ''HMS Bellerophon'' (Pen and Sword, 2014)</ref>
* [[October 10]] &ndash; The Confederation Congress of the United States directs backpay for seven months for Virginia officers who have been waiting since 1782.<ref>''Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia'' (January 6, 1787) p145</ref>  
* [[October 12]] &ndash; King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Captain Arthur Phillip as the first Governor of New Holland, which comprises the area of modern Australia from the [[135th meridian east]] to the east coast and all adjacent islands in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>"Conquest", by [[Alan Atkinson (historian)|Alan Atkinson]], in ''Australia's Empire'', ed. by Deryck M. Schreuder, Deryck Schreuder and Stuart Ward (Oxford University Press, 2008) p33</ref>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; The Confederation Congress establishes the United States Mint to make common coinage and currency for the U.S., to replace individual state coins.<ref name="Harper1786"/>
* [[October 23]]
** The 13th century AH begins on the [[Islamic calendar]] on the 1st of Muharram 1201 AH 
** The settlement of [[Östersund]] is established in [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ltz.se/artikel/slakt-o-vanner/foreningen-gamla-ostersund-2|title=Föreningen Gamla Östersund|publisher=Länstidningen Östersund|language=sv|author=Lennart Sundström|date=November 5, 2013|access-date=September 10, 2018|archive-date=September 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910204138/https://www.ltz.se/artikel/slakt-o-vanner/foreningen-gamla-ostersund-2|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; General David Cobb of the Massachusetts militia defeats a body of rebel insurgents at [[Taunton, Massachusetts]] in one of the battles of [[Shays' Rebellion]].<ref>''Collections of the Old Colony Historical Society'' No. 6 (1899) p151</ref>
* [[November 7]] &ndash; The oldest musical organization in the United States, the ''[[Stoughton Musical Society]]'', is founded.
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Peter Leopold Joseph]] of [[Habsburg-Lorraine]], Grand Duke of [[Tuscany]], promulgates a penal reform, making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. This day is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as [[Cities for Life Day]].
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Mission Santa Barbara]] is founded by Padre [[Fermín Lasuén]] as the tenth of the [[Spanish missions in California]].[[File:Mission Santa Barbara 1987.jpg|thumb|right| [[December 4]]: [[Mission Santa Barbara]] is founded.]]
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Robert Burns]]'s ''Address to a [[Haggis]]'' is first published, in [[Edinburgh]].