Page 3: Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble in the year 1788.   

Jun 11   1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC in the year 1788.   

Jun 11   First British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC in the year 1788.   

Jun 12   Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jun 21   US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify on this day in history.   

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   Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

Jul 01   On this day in history jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry   

Jul 14   Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish in the year 1788.   

Jul 26   New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution in the year 1788.   

Jul 26   On this day in history new York ratifies the U.S. Constitution.   

Jul 26   In the year 1788 nY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 13   Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 in the year 1788.   

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   In the year 1788 british create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves   

Aug 22   In the year 1788 sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves   

Aug 22   On this day in history thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter   

Aug 25   Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution) in the year 1788.   

Aug 26   Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist in the year 1788.   

Aug 27   In the year 1788 jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance   

Sep 06   F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1788 alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ)   

Sep 13   In the year 1788 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   On this day in history nY City becomes 1st capital of US   

Sep 14   On this day in history john Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47   

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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   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   In the year 1788 birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer   

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

Feb 05   Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37   

Jan 31   In the year 1788 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died in the year 1788.