Page 4: Historical Events In 1787

Dec 01   The inaugural lighthouse, built at Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh, by Thomas Smith and Robert Stevenson, lit   

Dec 06   Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor   

Dec 07   Delaware is recorded as becoming 1st state to ratify constitution.   

Dec 07   Delaware is recorded as becoming inaugural state to ratify constitution.   

Dec 10   Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Phila, pioneer of educating the deaf.   

Dec 12   Pennsylvania is recorded as becoming 2nd state to ratify US constitution   

Dec 15   Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic   

Dec 18   New Jersey is recorded as becoming 3rd state to ratify constitution   

Dec 22   Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar.   

Dec 28   Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curacao.   

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Jan 05   John burke: Irish genealogist (burke's peerage)   

Jan 08   Johann ludwig bohner: Composer   

Jan 13   John davis: 14th and 17th governor of massachusetts    

Feb 13   James p carrell: Composer   

Feb 16   Andreas schelfhout: Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer   

Feb 23   Emma willard: Us, opens school for young ladies (hall of fame)   

Mar 06   Joseph von fraunhofer: Germany, physicist (studied sun's spectrum)   

Mar 08   Karl ferdinand von grafe: Help create modern plastic surgery   

Jan 01   Arthur middleton: Us farmer (signed decl of independence),    

Feb 12   Ruggiero boscovich: Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher,   

Feb 13   RuÄ‘er boÅ¡ković: Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711)   

Mar 02   Jean some allamand: French theologist/natural philosopher,   

Mar 11   Maximilian jlp gardel: French ballet dancer/choreographer,   

Apr 01   Floyer sydenham: English classical scholar (b. 1710)   

Apr 02   Thomas gage: British general (b. 1719)   

May 10   William watson: English physician and scientist (b. 1715)