Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble on this day in history.  

Jun 11   On this day in history 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC  

Jun 11   On this day in history first British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC  

Jun 12   In the year 1788 johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65  

Jun 21   US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify on this day in history.  

Jun 25   The Virginia colony including Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, entered the United States of America as the tenth state on this day in history.  

Jun 25   Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution on this day in history.  

Jun 28   On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32  

Jul 01   Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry in the year 1788.  

Jul 14   Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish in the year 1788.  

Jul 26   New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution in the year 1788.  

Jul 26   New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution in the year 1788.  

Jul 26   NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Aug 08   King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together in the year 1788.  

Aug 08   Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

Aug 13   Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 in the year 1788.  

Aug 14   On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies  

Aug 15   On this day in history carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director  

Aug 17   On this day in history losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded  

Aug 20   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer in the year 1788.  

Aug 22   British create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves in the year 1788.  

Aug 22   Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves on this day in history.  

Aug 22   Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution) on this day in history.  

Aug 26   Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist in the year 1788.  

Aug 27   Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance in the year 1788.  

Sep 06   On this day in history f Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari)  

Sep 12   In the year 1788 alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ)  

Sep 13   New York becomes the capital of the United States (later replaced by Washington) in the year 1788.  

Sep 13   On this day in history new York City becomes the US national capital, as authorized by the Congress of the Confederation.  

Sep 13   NY City becomes 1st capital of US in the year 1788.  

Sep 14   John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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Jan 05   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Erik Drake, composer was born in the year 1788.  

Jan 08   Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born in the year 1788.  

Jan 08   In the year 1788 birth of pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)  

Jan 11   In the year 1788 birth of william Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer  

Jan 22   Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born in the year 1788.  

Jan 05   Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1788 death of françois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)  

Jan 15   Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1788.  

Jan 17   On this day in history alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37  

Jan 31   Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) died in the year 1788.  

Feb 20   Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died on this day in history.