Historical Events In 1788

Sep 21   Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1788.  

Oct 02   On this day in history hMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions.  

Oct 11   On this day in history simon Sechter, composer  

Oct 18   In the year 1788 jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56  

Oct 20   On this day in history philip Knapton, composer  

Oct 23   On this day in history sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston)  

Oct 24   Sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb) on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies in the year 1788.  

Nov 11   Michal Wielhorski, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 15   Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Nov 28   On this day in history charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53  

Dec 12   Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Dec 14   Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Dec 17   Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer in the year 1788.  

Dec 19   On this day in history chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam  

Dec 21   In the year 1788 hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam  

Dec 23   On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia  

Dec 23   Maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia on this day in history.  

Dec 25   John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 on this day in history.  

Dec 30   Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86 in the year 1788.  

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1788 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   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 in the year 1788.  

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   Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 20   On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68  

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died in the year 1788.