Notable Historical Events - 1788
1788 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times |
Jan 1 |
Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves |
Jan 2 |
Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution |
Jan 9 |
Connecticut becomes 5th state |
Jan 18 |
The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony |
Jan 20 |
Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga |
Jan 26 |
Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the English flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day |
Jan 28 |
Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France |
Feb 1 |
1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet |
Feb 6 |
Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution |
Feb 9 |
Austria declares war on Russia |
Mar 6 |
The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement. |
Mar 21 |
Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana |
Mar 21 |
Olaudah Equiano (aka Gustavus Vassa), a freed slave, petitions King George III and Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans |
Apr 7 |
1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta |
Apr 15 |
Britain, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty |
Apr 28 |
Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution |
May 9 |
British parliament accepts abolition of slave trade |
May 23 |
South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution |
Jun 7 |
Masses stone French army at Grenoble |
Jun 11 |
1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC |
Jun 11 |
Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska. |
Jun 17 |
After a lengthy stay in Europe, John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams return to Boston |
Jun 21 |
US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify |
Jun 21 |
Vizille France population demands local parliament |
Jun 25 |
Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution |
Jul 26 |
NY becomes 11th state to ratify constitution |
Aug 8 |
King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together |
Aug 13 |
Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 |
Aug 17 |
Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded |
Aug 22 |
Sierra Leone settled by British as a haven for former slaves |
Aug 27 |
Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance |
Sep 13 |
NY City becomes 1st capital of US |
Dec 17 |
Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov |
Dec 19 |
Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam |
Dec 21 |
Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam |
Dec 23 |
Maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for District of Columbia |
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