Historical Events In 1788

Sep 21   In the year 1788 margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50)  

Sep 26   On this day in history francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63  

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

Oct 11   On this day in history simon Sechter, composer  

Oct 18   On this day in history jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56  

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   In the year 1788 sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)  

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

Nov 11   Michal Wielhorski, composer in the year 1788.  

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

Dec 17   In the year 1788 russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov  

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

Dec 19   Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on this day in history.  

Dec 21   Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40  

Dec 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1788 birth of erik Drake, composer  

Jan 08   In the year 1788 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 in the year 1788.  

Jan 13   In the year 1788 birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)  

Feb 05   In the year 1788 birth of karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 21   In the year 1788 death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)