Historical Events In 1788

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

Oct 11   On this day in history simon Sechter, composer  

Oct 18   Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1788.  

Oct 20   In the year 1788 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   Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies in the year 1788.  

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

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   Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Dec 17   On this day in history russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov  

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

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

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

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

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

Dec 25   John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 in the year 1788.  

Dec 30   In the year 1788 francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86  

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

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

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   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 31   In the year 1788 charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67  

Feb 18   In the year 1788 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   On this day in history death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)