Page 2: Historical Events In 1788

Feb 20   Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 in the year 1788.   

Feb 22   In the year 1788 arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist)   

Feb 22   Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Feb 25   On this day in history mateo Ferrer, composer   

Mar 01   In the year 1788 gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician   

Mar 01   In the year 1788 orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56   

Mar 06   The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement in the year 1788.   

Mar 10   On this day in history joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild)   

Mar 12   In the year 1788 pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor   

Mar 21   Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA in the year 1788.   

Mar 21   Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana in the year 1788.   

Mar 21   Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans in the year 1788.   

Mar 29   On this day in history charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies   

Apr 05   Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) on this day in history.   

Apr 07   On this day in history 1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta   

Apr 07   First settlement in Ohio, at Marietta on this day in history.   

Apr 12   On this day in history carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

Apr 12   In the year 1788 johann Erik Nordblom, composer   

Apr 15   In the year 1788 england, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty   

Apr 15   Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1788.   

Apr 17   Joseph Gilbert Totten, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864 in the year 1788.   

Apr 22   Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46 in the year 1788.   

Apr 28   Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution in the year 1788.   

Apr 28   Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution on this day in history.   

Apr 28   On this day in history maryland was one of the first of the United States of America, entering the Union as number seven on this day   

May 01   In the year 1788 measles in United States   

May 01   Smallpox in Pueblo Indians on this day in history.   

May 09   On this day in history english parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade   

May 10   On this day in history augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist   

May 18   In the year 1788 hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer   

May 23   SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution in the year 1788.   

May 23   On this day in history south Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

May 26   On this day in history mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain   

May 29   On this day in history jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61   

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Jan 05   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Erik Drake, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer   

Jan 22   Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan) was born in the year 1788.   

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)   

Jan 05   In the year 1788 johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 14   François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) died in the year 1788.   

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   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   Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died in the year 1788.