Page 4: Historical Events In 1788

Sep 21   Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) in the year 1788.   

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

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

Oct 11   On this day in history simon Sechter, composer   

Oct 18   Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1788 sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)   

Nov 01   Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies on this day in history.   

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

Nov 15   In the year 1788 peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 28   Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53 in the year 1788.   

Dec 12   On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88   

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

Dec 17   In the year 1788 russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov   

Dec 18   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer   

Dec 19   In the year 1788 chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam   

Dec 21   On this day in history hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam   

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

Dec 23   In the year 1788 maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia   

Dec 25   In the year 1788 john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40   

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

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer   

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

Jan 08   Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born on this day in history.   

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 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   François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) died in the year 1788.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 in the year 1788.   

Feb 21   In the year 1788 death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)