Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble in the year 1788.  

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

Jun 11   First British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC in the year 1788.  

Jun 12   Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jun 21   US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify in the year 1788.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 14   In the year 1788 johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60  

Jul 17   In the year 1788 russian fleet destroys Swedish  

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

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

Jul 26   On this day in history nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution  

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

Aug 08   King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together on this day in history.  

Aug 08   In the year 1788 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 in the year 1788.  

Aug 14   In the year 1788 thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies  

Aug 15   Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director in the year 1788.  

Aug 17   Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded on this day in history.  

Aug 20   In the year 1788 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer  

Aug 22   On this day in history british create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves  

Aug 22   On this day in history sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves  

Aug 22   On this day in history thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter  

Aug 25   In the year 1788 cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution)  

Aug 26   On this day in history aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist  

Aug 27   On this day in history jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance  

Sep 06   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) on this day in history.  

Sep 12   Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 13   In the year 1788 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 in the year 1788.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11   William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) was born in the year 1788.  

Jan 13   In the year 1788 birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer  

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

Feb 05   Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1788.  

Jan 14   François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) died on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67  

Feb 18   John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1788.