page_title: 1786
section_title: October–December
hierarchical_section_title: 1786 / Events / October–December
caption_attribution_description: English: Mission Santa Barbara. Photograph by Robert A. Estremo, copyright 1987.
context_page_description: 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1786th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 786th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of 1786, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: October 6 – HMS Bellerophon begins service with the Royal Navy.
  October 10 – The Confederation Congress of the United States directs backpay for seven months for Virginia officers who have been waiting since 1782.
  October 12 – 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.
  October 16 – The Confederation Congress establishes the United States Mint to make common coinage and currency for the U.S., to replace individual state coins.
  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.
  October 24 – General David Cobb of the Massachusetts militia defeats a body of rebel insurgents at Taunton, Massachusetts in one of the battles of Shays' Rebellion.
  November 7 – The oldest musical organization in the United States, the Stoughton Musical Society, is founded.
  November 30 – 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. November 30 is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world, as Cities for Life Day.
  December 4 – Mission Santa Barbara is founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén as the tenth of the Spanish missions in California.
  December 20 – Robert Burns's Address to a Haggis is first published, in Edinburgh.
caption: December 4: Mission Santa Barbara is founded.
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