Historical Events In 1788

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

Oct 11   Simon Sechter, composer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 20   On this day in history philip Knapton, composer  

Oct 23   In the year 1788 sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)  

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   Michal Wielhorski, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 12   On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88  

Dec 14   Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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   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   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   In the year 1788 john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40  

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

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Jan 05   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born in the year 1788.  

Jan 08   In the year 1788 birth of erik Drake, composer  

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 in the year 1788.  

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

Jan 13   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born in the year 1788.  

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   On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85  

Jan 14   In the year 1788 death of françois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)  

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

Jan 17   Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37 in the year 1788.  

Jan 31   On this day in history 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   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)