Page 2: Historical Events In 1788

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

Feb 22   In the year 1788 arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist)   

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

Feb 25   On this day in history mateo Ferrer, composer   

Mar 01   In the year 1788 gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician   

Mar 01   Orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1788.   

Mar 06   In the year 1788 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   On this day in history fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA   

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   In the year 1788 charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies   

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

Apr 07   1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta in the year 1788.   

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

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

Apr 12   Johann Erik Nordblom, composer in the year 1788.   

Apr 15   In the year 1788 england, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty   

Apr 15   Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   On this day in history joseph Gilbert Totten, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864   

Apr 22   On this day in history zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46   

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

May 01   Measles in United States on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history smallpox in Pueblo Indians   

May 09   English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade on this day in history.   

May 10   Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist on this day in history.   

May 18   Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer in the year 1788.   

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

May 23   In the year 1788 south Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

May 26   On this day in history mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain   

May 29   Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 in the year 1788.   

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

Jan 08   Erik Drake, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer   

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

Feb 05   In the year 1788 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   In the year 1788 gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)