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Composer Franz Joseph Haydn releases his Symphony No.2 to much fanfare and praise -
North Carolinians primarily from Salisbury, Hillsborough, and Salem stage a rebellion against the colonial government, lasts 5 years and climaxes in the Battle of Alamance, believed by many to be the first battle of the revolution. -
Haydn completes his Opus 20, uses polyphonic techniques from baroque era. Many consider this beginning of mature classical era. -
British customs ship captured and burned by Sons of Liberty off the coast of Rhode Island, raises tensions between colonies and Great Britain -
Young Mozart arrives in Vienna, beginning of his esteemed career in that city. -
British land and army forces besiege and capture Charleston, principal port of the Southern colonies. Beginning of massive British campaign in the Carolinas. -
Rhode Island becomes last state of the original 13 to ratify constitution, Uniting the United States under one document finally. -
French composer Cherubini composes influential opera work Lodoiska -
President Thomas Jefferson buys Louisiana Territory from France, doubles the size of the United States. -
Beethoven completes his Eroica symphony, by far his most famous work and his favorite. -
Famous composer Haydn throws Europe into mourning with his death in 1809. -
Britain and the young United States again fight in a war. Capitals of Canada and the US are burnt yet war ends in a draw and neither side gains nor loses any territory.