Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble in the year 1788.  

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

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

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

Jun 21   In the year 1788 uS Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify  

Jun 25   The Virginia colony including Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, entered the United States of America as the tenth state on this day in history.  

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

Jul 14   Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1788 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   In the year 1788 thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies  

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

Aug 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist in the year 1788.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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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   In the year 1788 birth of archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831)  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77  

Jan 17   On this day in history alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37  

Jan 31   On this day in history charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67  

Feb 18   John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) died on this day in history.  

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.