Page 3: Historical Events In 1788

Jun 07   Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 12   In the year 1788 johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65   

Jun 21   On this day in history uS Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify   

Jun 25   On this day in history 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   In the year 1788 jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry   

Jul 14   In the year 1788 johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60   

Jul 17   Russian fleet destroys Swedish on this day in history.   

Jul 26   New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 08   On this day in history king Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together   

Aug 08   Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

Aug 13   On this day in history prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90   

Aug 14   On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies   

Aug 15   Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director in the year 1788.   

Aug 17   Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded in the year 1788.   

Aug 20   In the year 1788 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer   

Aug 22   On this day in history british create the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves   

Aug 22   Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves in the year 1788.   

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

Aug 25   On this day in history cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution)   

Aug 26   In the year 1788 aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist   

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

Sep 06   On this day in history f Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari)   

Sep 12   Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) on this day in history.   

Sep 13   New York becomes the capital of the United States (later replaced by Washington) in the year 1788.   

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   John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born in the year 1788.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of erik Drake, composer   

Jan 08   Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born in the year 1788.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)   

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   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 in the year 1788.   

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

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

Jan 31   Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

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

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