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 in the year 1788.  

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) in the year 1788.  

Nov 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1788 charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53  

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   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   Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam in the year 1788.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Jan 11   In the year 1788 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   Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1788.  

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

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 in the year 1788.  

Feb 20   On this day in history 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.