Page 3: Historical Events In 1788

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

Jun 11   In the year 1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC   

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   On this day in history virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution   

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   Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1788.   

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

Jul 26   In the year 1788 nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution   

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

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

Aug 08   In the year 1788 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   In the year 1788 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer   

Aug 22   British create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves on this day in history.   

Aug 22   On this day in history thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter   

Aug 25   Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution) in the year 1788.   

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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1788.   

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1788 john Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47   

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

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831)   

Jan 08   Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) was born in the year 1788.   

Jan 13   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history 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 in the year 1788.   

Jan 15   Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1788.   

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

Jan 31   Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 in the year 1788.   

Feb 18   On this day in history death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

Feb 20   Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 in the year 1788.   

Feb 21   On this day in history death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)