Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble in the year 1788.  

Jun 11   1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC on this day in history.  

Jun 11   First British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC in the year 1788.  

Jun 12   In the year 1788 johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65  

Jun 21   In the year 1788 uS Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify  

Jun 25   The Virginia colony including Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, entered the United States of America as the tenth state on this day in history.  

Jun 25   Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution in the year 1788.  

Jun 28   On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32  

Jul 01   On this day in history jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry  

Jul 14   On this day in history johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60  

Jul 17   On this day in history russian fleet destroys Swedish  

Jul 26   On this day in history new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution  

Jul 26   In the year 1788 new York ratifies the U.S. Constitution.  

Jul 26   NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution in the year 1788.  

Aug 02   On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61  

Aug 08   On this day in history king Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together  

Aug 08   In the year 1788 louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92  

Aug 13   Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 on this day in history.  

Aug 14   On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies  

Aug 15   On this day in history carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director  

Aug 17   Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded on this day in history.  

Aug 20   On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer  

Aug 22   British create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves in the year 1788.  

Aug 22   In the year 1788 sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves  

Aug 22   Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter in the year 1788.  

Aug 25   On this day in history cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution)  

Aug 26   In the year 1788 aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist  

Aug 27   In the year 1788 jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance  

Sep 06   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) on this day in history.  

Sep 12   In the year 1788 alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ)  

Sep 13   On this day in history new York becomes the capital of the United States (later replaced by Washington)  

Sep 13   New York City becomes the US national capital, as authorized by the Congress of the Confederation in the year 1788.  

Sep 13   NY City becomes 1st capital of US in the year 1788.  

Sep 14   On this day in history john Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47  

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Jan 05   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born in the year 1788.  

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   Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 13   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1788 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   On this day in history alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37  

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   In the year 1788 gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68  

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