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Commons category: 1786
point in time: 1786-01-01

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August 29: Shays' Rebellion of taxpayers begins in U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

August 8: Mont Blanc climbed for the first time. 1786 (MDCCLXXXVI) 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 (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) 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.