Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   On this day in history masses stone French govt army at Grenoble   

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

Jun 11   First British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1788 virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution   

Jun 28   In the year 1788 johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32   

Jul 01   Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry in the year 1788.   

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

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish in the year 1788.   

Jul 26   In the year 1788 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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 08   King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together in the year 1788.   

Aug 08   On this day in history louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92   

Aug 13   In the year 1788 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   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   In the year 1788 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer   

Aug 22   British create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves in the year 1788.   

Aug 22   Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance   

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

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   New York City becomes the US national capital, as authorized by the Congress of the Confederation in the year 1788.   

Sep 13   In the year 1788 nY City becomes 1st capital of US   

Sep 14   In the year 1788 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   In the year 1788 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 in the year 1788.   

Jan 11   William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) was born in the year 1788.   

Jan 13   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan) was born in the year 1788.   

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)   

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

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 in the year 1788.   

Jan 17   In the year 1788 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   John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) died in the year 1788.   

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)