Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   In the year 1788 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   In the year 1788 uS Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify   

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   Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution on this day in history.   

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

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish in the year 1788.   

Jul 26   In the year 1788 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 20   In the year 1788 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer   

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

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

Aug 22   Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 27   Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance in the year 1788.   

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

Sep 12   Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) on this day in history.   

Sep 13   New York becomes the capital of the United States (later replaced by Washington) in the year 1788.   

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

Sep 13   In the year 1788 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   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born in the year 1788.   

Jan 08   In the year 1788 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   In the year 1788 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   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 in the year 1788.   

Jan 15   Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37 in the year 1788.   

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   Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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