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| 1786 |
| | | The emperor Joseph II is reported to have told Mozart that his opera The Marriage of Figaro has 'too many notes' | |
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| 1786 |
| | | US author Philip Freneau publishes his first collection of poems, dating back to 1771 | |
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| 1786 |
| | | Daniel Shays is the most prominent figure in a violent protest movement by farmers against the government of Massachusetts | |
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| 1786 |
| | | Francisco de Goya is appointed painter to the king of Spain, Charles III | |
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| 1787 |
| | | French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier publishes a system for classifying and naming chemical substances | |
|  | Antoine and Marie Lavoisier in their laboratory
Wellcome Library, London
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| 1787 |
| | | The Continental Congress passes the Northwest Ordinance, a plan for the establishment of new states north and west of the Ohio river | |
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| 1787 |
| | | The French finance minister, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, is dismissed when his proposed reforms meet aristocratic opposition | |
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| 1787 |
| | | The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade is founded in London, with a strong Quaker influence | |
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| 1787 |
| | | The First Fleet (eleven ships carrying about 750 convicts) leaves Portsmouth for Australia | |
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| 1787 |
| | | A British ship lands a party of freed slaves as the first modern settlers in Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa | |
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