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 on this day in history.  

Oct 20   Philip Knapton, composer in the year 1788.  

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

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

Nov 01   Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Nov 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 12   Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 17   Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer in the year 1788.  

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

Dec 21   In the year 1788 hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam  

Dec 23   In the year 1788 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 25   In the year 1788 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 in the year 1788.  

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

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 in the year 1788.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   In the year 1788 gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77  

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   In the year 1788 gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68  

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died on this day in history.