Historical Events In 1788

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

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   On this day in history johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65  

Jun 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1788 jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry  

Jul 14   Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1788.  

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish on this day in history.  

Jul 26   New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution in the year 1788.  

Jul 26   New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution in the year 1788.  

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

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

Aug 08   On this day in history king Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together  

Aug 08   Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 in the year 1788.  

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

Aug 15   On this day in history carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director  

Aug 17   In the year 1788 losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded  

Aug 20   On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer  

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

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

Aug 26   Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance on this day in history.  

Sep 06   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history 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   In the year 1788 new York City becomes the US national capital, as authorized by the Congress of the Confederation.  

Sep 13   NY City becomes 1st capital of US in the year 1788.  

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

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

Jan 08   Erik Drake, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   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   Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 05   In the year 1788 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   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   On this day in history death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)