Page 2: Historical Events In 1788

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

Feb 22   Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Feb 25   Mateo Ferrer, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician   

Mar 01   Orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   On this day in history the First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.   

Mar 10   On this day in history joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild)   

Mar 12   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor in the year 1788.   

Mar 21   Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA in the year 1788.   

Mar 21   In the year 1788 fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana   

Mar 21   On this day in history gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans   

Mar 29   Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 05   On this day in history franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund)   

Apr 07   1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta on this day in history.   

Apr 07   First settlement in Ohio, at Marietta in the year 1788.   

Apr 12   Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1788.   

Apr 12   Johann Erik Nordblom, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 15   England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

Apr 15   Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1788.   

Apr 17   Joseph Gilbert Totten, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864 in the year 1788.   

Apr 22   Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46 in the year 1788.   

Apr 28   On this day in history maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution   

Apr 28   On this day in history maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution   

Apr 28   In the year 1788 maryland was one of the first of the United States of America, entering the Union as number seven on this day   

May 01   On this day in history measles in United States   

May 01   On this day in history smallpox in Pueblo Indians   

May 09   On this day in history english parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade   

May 10   Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist in the year 1788.   

May 18   In the year 1788 hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer   

May 23   SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution on this day in history.   

May 23   South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution in the year 1788.   

May 26   Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain in the year 1788.   

May 29   Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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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   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   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   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   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   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.