Historical Events Happened In 1788

Oct 02   On this day in history hMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions.  Share it »

Oct 11   On this day in history simon Sechter, composer  Share it »

Oct 18   Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  Share it »

Oct 20   Philip Knapton, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

Oct 23   Sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston) on this day in history.  Share it »

Oct 24   Sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb) on this day in history.  Share it »

Nov 01   Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

Nov 11   Michal Wielhorski, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

Nov 15   Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  Share it »

Nov 28   On this day in history charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53  Share it »

Dec 12   Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 14   On this day in history carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74  Share it »

Dec 17   Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 18   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer  Share it »

Dec 19   On this day in history chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam  Share it »

Dec 21   Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 23   Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 23   Maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 25   On this day in history john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40  Share it »

Dec 30   Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

Jan 08   Erik Drake, composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 08   Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 08   Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of william Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)  Share it »

Jan 13   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)  Share it »

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

Jan 14   On this day in history death of françois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)  Share it »

Jan 15   Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

Feb 18   On this day in history death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)  Share it »

Feb 20   On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68  Share it »

Feb 21   On this day in history death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)  Share it »