Page 2: Historical Events In 1788

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

Feb 22   On this day in history arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist)   

Feb 22   On this day in history franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63   

Feb 25   On this day in history mateo Ferrer, composer   

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

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

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

Mar 10   Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild) in the year 1788.   

Mar 12   On this day in history pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor   

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

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

Mar 21   Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans in the year 1788.   

Mar 29   Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies in the year 1788.   

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

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

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

Apr 12   In the year 1788 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

Apr 12   In the year 1788 johann Erik Nordblom, composer   

Apr 15   On this day in history england, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty   

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

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

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

Apr 28   Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution in the year 1788.   

Apr 28   Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution in the year 1788.   

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   Measles in United States in the year 1788.   

May 01   On this day in history smallpox in Pueblo Indians   

May 09   English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade in the year 1788.   

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

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   On this day in history south Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

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 in the year 1788.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1788 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1788 birth of lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1788.   

Feb 18   In the year 1788 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

Feb 20   In the year 1788 gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68   

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died on this day in history.