Page 3: Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble.   

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

Jun 11   inaugural British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC.   

Jun 12   Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65   

Jun 21   US Constitution comes into force as NH is 9th to ratify   

Jun 25   The Virginia colony including Jamestown, the inaugural permanent English settlement in North America, entered the United States of America as the tenth state   

Jun 25   Virginia is recorded as becoming 10th state to ratify US constitution   

Jun 28   Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32   

Jul 01   Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry   

Jul 14   Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60.   

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish.   

Jul 26   New York is recorded as becoming 11th state to ratify constitution   

Jul 26   New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution   

Jul 26   NY is recorded as becoming 11th state to ratify constitution.   

Aug 02   Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

Aug 08   King Louis XVI calls French States and Generals together.   

Aug 08   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.   

Aug 14   Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies.   

Aug 15   Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director   

Aug 17   Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded   

Aug 20   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer   

Aug 22   British create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves   

Aug 22   Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves.   

Aug 22   Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter.   

Aug 25   Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution)   

Aug 26   Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist.   

Aug 27   Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance.   

Sep 06   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari).   

Sep 12   Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ).   

Sep 13   New York City is recorded as becoming the US national capital, as authorized by the Congress of the Confederation   

Sep 13   New York is recorded as becoming the capital of the United States (later replaced by Washington).   

Sep 13   NY City is recorded as becoming 1st capital of US   

Sep 14   John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47.   

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Jan 05   Kaspar ett: German organist/composer   

Jan 08   Erik drake: Composer   

Jan 08   Pavel kiselyov: Russian general and politician   

Jan 08   Archduke rudolph of austria: Archduke rudolph of austria (d. 1831)   

Jan 11   William thomas brande: English chemist    

Jan 13   Carl ludwig cornelius westenholz: Composer   

Jan 22   Lord [george gordon noel] byron: England, romantic poet (don juan)   

Feb 05   Karoly kisfaludy: Hungarian literary (a tat rok magyarorsz gon)   

Jan 05   Johann schneider: Composer,    

Jan 14   François joseph paul: Marquis de grasetilly, comte de grasse, french admiral (b. 1722)   

Jan 15   Gaetano latilla: Composer,   

Jan 17   Alessio prati: Composer,   

Jan 31   Charles e stuart: English pretender to the throne,   

Feb 18   John whitehurst: English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

Feb 20   Gijsbert john van hardenbroeck: Dutch regent (utrecht),    

Feb 21   Johann georg palitzsch: German astronomer (b. 1723)