Page 2: Historical Events In 1788

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

Feb 22   On this day in history arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist)   

Feb 22   On this day in history franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63   

Feb 25   Mateo Ferrer, composer in the year 1788.   

Mar 01   On this day in history gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician   

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

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

Mar 10   In the year 1788 joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild)   

Mar 12   On this day in history pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor   

Mar 21   In the year 1788 fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies in the year 1788.   

Apr 05   Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) in the year 1788.   

Apr 07   In the year 1788 1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta   

Apr 07   First settlement in Ohio, at Marietta in the year 1788.   

Apr 12   In the year 1788 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

Apr 12   Johann Erik Nordblom, composer in the year 1788.   

Apr 15   England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46   

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

Apr 28   In the year 1788 maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution   

Apr 28   In the year 1788 maryland was one of the first of the United States of America, entering the Union as number seven on this day   

May 01   Measles in United States in the year 1788.   

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

May 09   English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade in the year 1788.   

May 10   In the year 1788 augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist   

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

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

May 23   In the year 1788 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   Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 in the year 1788.   

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Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1788 birth of pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)   

Jan 11   William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) was born in the year 1788.   

Jan 13   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born in the year 1788.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1788 charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67   

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   On this day in history death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)