Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   On this day in history masses stone French govt army at Grenoble   

Jun 11   1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC in the year 1788.   

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

Jun 12   On this day in history johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65   

Jun 21   US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify in the year 1788.   

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

Jun 25   On this day in history virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution   

Jun 28   Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1788.   

Jul 01   In the year 1788 jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry   

Jul 14   Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1788.   

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish in the year 1788.   

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   In the year 1788 nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution   

Aug 02   Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 in the year 1788.   

Aug 08   King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together in the year 1788.   

Aug 08   Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 in the year 1788.   

Aug 13   In the year 1788 prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90   

Aug 14   In the year 1788 thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies   

Aug 15   In the year 1788 carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director   

Aug 17   On this day in history losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded   

Aug 20   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 22   British create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves in the year 1788.   

Aug 22   In the year 1788 thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter   

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

Aug 26   Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance   

Sep 06   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) in the year 1788.   

Sep 12   Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) in the year 1788.   

Sep 13   In the year 1788 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   On this day in history nY City becomes 1st capital of US   

Sep 14   John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47 in the year 1788.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of erik Drake, composer   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831)   

Jan 08   Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1788 birth of william Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)   

Jan 13   In the year 1788 birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)   

Feb 05   In the year 1788 birth of karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)   

Jan 05   Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 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   Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37 in the year 1788.   

Jan 31   Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

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)