Historical Events In 1788

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

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

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   In the year 1788 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   On this day in history nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution  

Aug 02   In the year 1788 thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61  

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   Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 20   In the year 1788 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer  

Aug 22   On this day in history british create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves  

Aug 22   In the year 1788 sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves  

Aug 22   Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter in the year 1788.  

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

Aug 26   In the year 1788 aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist  

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

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   On this day in history 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   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.  

Sep 21   In the year 1788 margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50)  

Sep 26   In the year 1788 francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63  

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

Jan 08   Erik Drake, composer was born in the year 1788.  

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   William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) was born in the year 1788.  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1788 gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77  

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1788.