Historical Events In 1788

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

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

Jun 11   First British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC in the year 1788.  

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

Jun 21   On this day in history uS Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify  

Jun 25   In the year 1788 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   Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1788.  

Jul 01   In the year 1788 jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry  

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

Jul 17   On this day in history russian fleet destroys Swedish  

Jul 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1788.  

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   In the year 1788 louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92  

Aug 13   Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 in the year 1788.  

Aug 14   Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies in the year 1788.  

Aug 15   In the year 1788 carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director  

Aug 17   Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded on this day in history.  

Aug 20   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer in the year 1788.  

Aug 22   In the year 1788 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   On this day in history thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter  

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   In the year 1788 f Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari)  

Sep 12   In the year 1788 alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ)  

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   NY City becomes 1st capital of US on this day in history.  

Sep 14   John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

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   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 in the year 1788.  

Jan 11   In the year 1788 birth of william Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)  

Jan 13   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born in the year 1788.  

Jan 22   In the year 1788 birth of lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)  

Feb 05   In the year 1788 birth of karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)  

Jan 05   Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1788.  

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

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)