Historical Events In 1788

Jun 11   In the year 1788 first British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC  

Jun 12   Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65 in the year 1788.  

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 in the year 1788.  

Jun 25   In the year 1788 virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution  

Jun 28   Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Jul 01   In the year 1788 jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry  

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

Jul 17   In the year 1788 russian fleet destroys Swedish  

Jul 26   In the year 1788 new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution  

Jul 26   New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on this day in history.  

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

Aug 02   In the year 1788 thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61  

Aug 08   On this day in history king Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together  

Aug 08   On this day in history louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92  

Aug 13   Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 on this day in history.  

Aug 14   Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies in the year 1788.  

Aug 15   Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director on this day in history.  

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

Aug 20   In the year 1788 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer  

Aug 22   In the year 1788 british create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves  

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

Aug 22   Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter in the year 1788.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 06   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) in the year 1788.  

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) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history nY City becomes 1st capital of US  

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

Sep 21   Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) in the year 1788.  

Sep 26   Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1788.  

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Jan 05   In the year 1788 birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1788 birth of archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831)  

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   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born in the year 1788.  

Jan 22   Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan) was born in the year 1788.  

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

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   Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Jan 31   Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 in the year 1788.  

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

Feb 20   Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 in the year 1788.  

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died in the year 1788.