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   In the year 1788 simon Sechter, composer  

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   Sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston) on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Dec 19   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of erik Drake, composer  

Jan 08   Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born in the year 1788.  

Jan 08   In the year 1788 birth of pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of william Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)  

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 in the year 1788.  

Jan 14   On this day in history death of françois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)  

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

Jan 17   Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Jan 31   Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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.