Page 4: Historical Events In 1788

Sep 21   Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1788.   

Oct 02   HMAS Sirius sets out from Port Jackson, Australia, to Cape Town for provisions in the year 1788.   

Oct 11   In the year 1788 simon Sechter, composer   

Oct 18   On this day in history jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56   

Oct 20   On this day in history philip Knapton, composer   

Oct 23   Sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston) on this day in history.   

Oct 24   In the year 1788 sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)   

Nov 01   In the year 1788 johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies   

Nov 11   Michal Wielhorski, composer in the year 1788.   

Nov 15   Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1788.   

Nov 28   In the year 1788 charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53   

Dec 12   In the year 1788 joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88   

Dec 14   Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 in the year 1788.   

Dec 17   In the year 1788 russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov   

Dec 18   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer   

Dec 19   Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on this day in history.   

Dec 21   On this day in history hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam   

Dec 23   On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia   

Dec 23   On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia   

Dec 25   John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 in the year 1788.   

Dec 30   Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 13   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer was born in the year 1788.   

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

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)   

Jan 05   Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1788.   

Jan 14   On this day in history death of françois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)   

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   In the year 1788 charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67   

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

Feb 20   Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1788 death of johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723)