Historical Events In 1788

Sep 21   On this day in history margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50)  

Sep 26   Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Oct 02   HMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions in the year 1788.  

Oct 11   In the year 1788 simon Sechter, composer  

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

Oct 20   On this day in history philip Knapton, composer  

Oct 23   Sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston) in the year 1788.  

Oct 24   On this day in history sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)  

Nov 01   In the year 1788 johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies  

Nov 11   In the year 1788 michal Wielhorski, composer  

Nov 15   Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1788.  

Nov 28   Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53 in the year 1788.  

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

Dec 14   In the year 1788 carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74  

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

Dec 18   In the year 1788 camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer  

Dec 19   Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam in the year 1788.  

Dec 21   On this day in history hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam  

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

Dec 23   Maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia in the year 1788.  

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

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

Jan 08   Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) was born in the year 1788.  

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

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 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   François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) died in the year 1788.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1788 alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37  

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

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 in the year 1788.  

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