1788

Year 1788 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * - First edition of , previously The Daily Universal Register, was published.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 4th.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 5th.
 * - Captain 's ship arrives at.




 * - becomes the tenth and last.
 * - Captain decides to make the permanent settlement at.
 * - : 11 ships of from  led by  land in what would become, .  establishes the prison colony of , the first permanent European settlement on the continent.
 * - becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of  as King Henry IX and the figurehead of.
 * - and  patent the.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 6th.
 * - enters the  and attacks.
 * - the uninhabited was discovered by the brig, commanded by , who was on his way from  to  with convicts to start a penal settlement there.


 * - The  carries a notice of £200 reward for capture of, town councilor doubling as a burglar.


 * - A in  kills 25% of the population and destroys 856 buildings, including  and, leaving most of the town in ruins.


 * - Americas first recorded, the , begins. Residents of Manhattan were angry about grave robbers stealing bodies for doctors to dissect. The rioting was suppressed on the 15th.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 7th.
 * - The, Sweden's national stage, is founded.


 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 8th.


 * - : day of the Tiles.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 9th . The Constitution then went into effect.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 10th.

July - December

 * - Governor General Lord Dorchester by proclamation issued from Castle of St. Louis in the City of Quebec divided the Canadas into five Districts, namely: Gaspe, Lunenburg, Meckleburg, Nassau and Hesse.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 11th.


 * - The French king agreed to convene the Estates-General meeting in May of 1789. It was the first time since 1614.
 * - Trial of begins in, : he is sentenced to death by hanging.


 * - - Forces of Joseph II of Austria marching against Turks who rout for nothing in Karansebes.


 * - was.


 * - : The Ottoman fortress of falls to the Russians after a prolonged siege and a murderous storm at the temperature of -23 C.
 * - King dies and is succeeded by his son.

Undated

 * writes his 40th Symphony.

Births

 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, German pianist and composer (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * -, German poet (d. )
 * -, Filipino poet (d. )
 * -, (d, )
 * -, German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (d. )
 * -, First Anglican bishop in Australia (d. )
 * -, Italian cardinal (d. )
 * -, Irish-born founder of the Disciples of Christ (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * . (towards) -, catholics priest, writer, etnologhist (d. )
 * -, Austrian music teacher
 * -, American author (d. )
 * , Argentine federationalist

Unknown dates

 * (none)


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, French admiral (b. )
 * -, claimant to the British throne (b. )
 * -, English clockmaker and scientist (b. )
 * -, German astronomer (b. )
 * -, American Continental Congressman (b. )
 * - : Co-founder (with brother, ) of the religious movement now known as (b. )
 * -, French-born composer (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, French naturalist (b. )
 * -, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. )
 * -, Scottish religious leader (b. )
 * -, British painter (b. )
 * -, Irish politician and poet (b. )
 * -, Scottish-Russian Admiral (b. )
 * -, English bishop and politician (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, English surgeon (b. )

Unknown dates

 * (none)


 * See also .