Historical Events In 1788

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

Oct 11   Simon Sechter, composer in the year 1788.  

Oct 18   On this day in history jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56  

Oct 20   On this day in history philip Knapton, composer  

Oct 23   On this day in history sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)  

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

Nov 01   On this day in history johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies  

Nov 11   Michal Wielhorski, composer in the year 1788.  

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

Nov 28   In the year 1788 charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53  

Dec 12   In the year 1788 joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88  

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

Dec 17   In the year 1788 russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov  

Dec 18   Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer on this day in history.  

Dec 19   In the year 1788 chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam  

Dec 21   Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam in the year 1788.  

Dec 23   On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia  

Dec 23   On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia  

Dec 25   John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 on this day in history.  

Dec 30   Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86 in the year 1788.  

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831)  

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

Jan 11   William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   In the year 1788 birth of lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1788 johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85  

Jan 14   On this day in history 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   In the year 1788 charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67  

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

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

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