Historical Events In 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   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   On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32  

Jul 01   On this day in history jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry  

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

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish in the year 1788.  

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

Aug 08   King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies  

Aug 15   In the year 1788 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   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   Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter on this day in history.  

Aug 25   In the year 1788 cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution)  

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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.  

Sep 21   On this day in history margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50)  

Sep 26   Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1788.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1788 death of françois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)  

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

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

Feb 20   In the year 1788 gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68  

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died in the year 1788.