Page 3: Historical Events In 1788

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

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

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 in the year 1788.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history new York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution   

Jul 26   New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution on this day in history.   

Jul 26   NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.   

Aug 02   Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 in the year 1788.   

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   Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 on this day in history.   

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   Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 1788 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 in the year 1788.   

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

Sep 06   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) in the year 1788.   

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

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   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   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   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   Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 14   On this day in history death of françois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)   

Jan 15   In the year 1788 gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77   

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

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

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