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1788After a lengthy stay in Europe, John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams return to Boston

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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