Historical Events In 1788

Sep 21   Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) in the year 1788.  

Sep 26   Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Oct 02   HMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1788.  

Nov 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74  

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

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

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

Dec 21   On this day in history hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam  

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   Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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

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   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) died on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1788 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)  

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)