Page 3: 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   On this day in history first British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC   

Jun 12   Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1788.   

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   Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry on this day in history.   

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

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish on this day in history.   

Jul 26   New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history 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   King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together on this day in history.   

Aug 08   On this day in history louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92   

Aug 13   On this day in history 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 in the year 1788.   

Aug 15   Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director in the year 1788.   

Aug 17   In the year 1788 losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded   

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

Aug 22   In the year 1788 british create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves   

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   On this day in history aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist   

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

Sep 06   In the year 1788 f Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari)   

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

Sep 13   New York becomes the capital of the United States (later replaced by Washington) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 05   In the year 1788 birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer   

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   On this day in history birth of pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer   

Jan 22   In the year 1788 birth of lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77   

Jan 17   In the year 1788 alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37   

Jan 31   On this day in history charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67   

Feb 18   In the year 1788 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

Feb 20   On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68   

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died on this day in history.