Page 3: Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble on this day in history.   

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

Jun 11   In the year 1788 first British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC   

Jun 12   Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65 in the year 1788.   

Jun 21   US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify on this day in history.   

Jun 25   In the year 1788 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   In the year 1788 virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution   

Jun 28   In the year 1788 johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32   

Jul 01   Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry on this day in history.   

Jul 14   In the year 1788 johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60   

Jul 17   On this day in history russian fleet destroys Swedish   

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

Jul 26   New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on this day in history.   

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

Aug 02   Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Aug 08   In the year 1788 king Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together   

Aug 08   Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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   Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies in the year 1788.   

Aug 15   Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 22   On this day in history sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves   

Aug 22   On this day in history 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   Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance in the year 1788.   

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

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 08   Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born in the year 1788.   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan) was born in the year 1788.   

Feb 05   Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born in the year 1788.   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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)