Events in year of 1787
- 01-11Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
- 02-041st Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania consecrated in London
- 02-18Austrian Emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor
- 04-161st American comedy, "The Contrast, " made its debut in New York City
- 05-061st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston
- 05-10Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings
- 05-13Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
- 05-14Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution
- 05-17English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes
- 05-25Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, G Washington presiding
- 05-29"Virginia Plan" proposed
- 06-12Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
- 07-02De Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered
- 07-06French government proclaims end to stamp / land tax
- 07-06Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede
- 07-13Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
- 07-13Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop
- 07-15Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
- 08-02Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc
- 08-06Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begans debate
- 08-10Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"
- 08-10Turkey declares war on Russia
- 08-17Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
- 08-19W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
- 08-24Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526
- 09-12Black Masons form 1st lodge
- 09-13Prussian army moves into Netherlands
- 09-17Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem
- 09-17US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
- 09-20Prince Willem V returns to Hague
People born in year of 1787
- 01-08Johann Ludwig Bohner: Composer
- 02-13James P Carrell: Composer
- 02-16Andreas Schelfhout: Dutch painter / etcher / lithographer
- 02-23Emma Willard: United States -- Opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)
- 03-08Karl Ferdinand von Grafe: Help create modern plastic surgery
- 03-10William Etty: English painter (nudes)
- 04-26Ludwig Uhland: Writer
- 06-28Henry G W Smith: Leader of British-Indian forces
- 08-15Alexander Aliabiev: Composer
- 08-24James Weddell: Ostend, England -- Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
- 09-01John Bake: Classical composer
- 09-10John Jordan Crittenden: MC (Union), died in 1863
- 09-18Johann D Passavant: German historian / painter / graphic artist
- 10-04Francois P G Guizot: French historian / politician
- 10-30Karl Guhr: Composer
- 11-17Michele Carafa: Composer
- 11-18Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist / feminist
- 11-21Samuel Cunard: Founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
- 11-25Franz Xavier Gruber: Austria -- Organist / composer (Silent Night)
- 11-27Christian Rummel: Composer
- 11-27Jacob Earl van Rechteren van Appeltern: Governor of Gelderland
- 12-01Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov: Composer
- 12-10Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Pioneer of educating the deaf
- 12-15Charles Cowden Clarke: English editor / Shakespearean critic
- 12-22Rasmus Rask: Denmark -- Language Scholar
- 12-28Hermanus J Abbring: Dutch writer / engineer on Curacao
People died in year of 1787
- 01-01Arthur Middleton: US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 44
- 02-12Ruggiero Boscovich: Ital physicist / astronomer / philosopher, dies at 75
- 03-02Jean SOME Allamand: French Theologist / natural philosopher, dies at 73
- 03-11Maximilian JLP Gardel: French ballet dancer / choreographer, dies at 45
- 05-13Johann Michael Malzat: Composer, dies at 38
- 05-28Johann Georg Leopold Mozart: Austrian composer, dies at 67
- 06-19John Brown: Theologist
- 06-20Carl Friedrich Abel: German / British viola player / composer, dies at 63
- 07-04Charles: Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71
- 10-05Thomas Stone: US attorney / signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44
- 10-30Ferdinando Galiani: Italian economist / philosopher / diplomat, dies at 58
- 11-23Anton Schweitzer: Composer, dies at 52
Events in year of 1788
- 01-01Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
- 01-02Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
- 01-09Connecticut becomes 5th state
- 01-20Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Georgia
- 01-26Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales
- 01-28Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay, New South Wales
- 01-28Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of Queen of France
- 01-29Australia Day
- 02-011st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet
- 02-06Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
- 02-09Austria declares war on Russia
- 03-21Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 03-21Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
- 04-071st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta
- 04-15England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty
- 04-28Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
- 05-09English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
- 05-23SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
- 06-07Masses stone French government army at Grenoble
- 06-111st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC
- 06-21US Constitution goes into effect as NH is 9th to ratify
- 06-21Vizille France population demands local parliament
- 06-25Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
- 07-17Russian fleet destroys Swedish
- 07-26New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution
- 07-26Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists
- 08-08King Louis XVI calls French States and Generals together
- 08-13Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
- 08-17Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded
- 08-22Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves
People born in year of 1788
- 01-05Kaspar Ett: German Organist / composer
- 01-08Erik Drake: Composer
- 01-13Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz: Composer
- 01-22Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron: England, United Kingdom -- Romantic poet (Don Juan)
- 02-05Karoly Kisfaludy: Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)
- 02-10Johann Peter Pixis: Composer
- 02-16Juan van Halen: Dutch / Spanish officer / adventurer
- 02-22Arthur Schopenhauer: Germany -- Philosopher (Great Pessimist)
- 02-25Mateo Ferrer: Composer
- 03-01Gheorghe Asachi: Romania -- Writer / humanist / politician
- 03-10Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff: German poet (Das Marmorbild)
- 04-05Franz Pforr: German painter / cartoonist (Lukasbund)
- 04-12Johann Erik Nordblom: Composer
- 04-17Joseph Gilbert Totten: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864
- 05-10Augustin-Jean Fresnel: Optics pioneer / physicist
- 05-18Hugh Clapperton: Annan, Scotland -- African explorer
- 07-01Jean-Victor Poncelet: Mathematician, founded projective geometry
- 08-15Carel SW van Hogendorp: Dutch colonial director
- 08-20Jose Bernardo Alcedo: Composer
- 08-22Thomas Tredgold: Engineer / carpenter
- 08-25Cornelis J van Assen: Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution)
- 08-26Aloys Schmitt: German music theory / composer / royal pianist
- 09-06F Wilhelm von Schadow: German painter (Modern Vasari)
- 09-12Alexander Campbell: Irish / US founder (Disciples of Christ)
- 09-21Margaret Smith Taylor: 1st lady (1849-50)
- 10-11Simon Sechter: Composer
- 10-20Philip Knapton: Composer
- 10-24Sarah Josepha Hale: Author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
- 11-11Michal Wielhorski: Composer
- 12-18Camille Pleyel: Austria -- Piano builder / composer
People died in year of 1788
- 01-15Gaetano Latilla: Composer, dies at 77
- 01-17Alessio Prati: Composer, dies at 37
- 01-31[Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart: English pretender, dies at 67
- 01-31Charles E Stuart: English pretender to the throne, dies at 67
- 01-31Francesco Zannetti: Composer, dies at 50
- 02-20Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck: Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68
- 02-22Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel: Composer, dies at 63
- 03-01Orazio Mei: Composer, dies at 56
- 04-12Carl Joseph Toeschi: Composer, dies at 56
- 04-12Carlo Antonio Campioni: Composer, dies at 67
- 04-15Giuseppi Bonno: Composer, dies at 77
- 04-22Zacharias H Alewijn: Dutch poet, dies at 46
- 05-29Jacques Aliamet: French etcher / engraver, dies at 61
- 06-12Johann A Cramer: Prime Minister / poet, dies at 65
- 06-28Johann Christoph Vogel: Composer, dies at 32
- 07-14Johann Gottfried Muthel: Composer, dies at 60
- 08-02Thomas Gainsborough: English Painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61
- 08-08Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu: French marshal, dies at 92
- 08-14Thomas Sheridan: Actor / biographer / lexicographer (Intelligencer)
- 09-14John Penn: US attorney, signed (Declaration of Independence), dies at 47
- 09-14Theodore-Jean Tarade: Composer, dies at 56
- 09-26Francois Bainville: Composer, dies at 63
- 10-18Jean-Guillain Cardon: Composer, dies at 56
- 11-01Johann Samuel Schroeter: Composer
- 11-15Peregrinus Pogl: Composer, dies at 77
- 11-28Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg: Governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
- 12-12Joseph Gibbs: Composer, dies at 88
- 12-14Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach: German composer, dies at 74
- 12-14Carlos III: King of Naples / Spain (1759-88), dies at 72
- 12-25John Logan: Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40
Events in year of 1789
- 01-23Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded
- 02-01Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
- 02-041st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as President and VP
- 03-02Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
- 03-041st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
- 04-01House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
- 04-061st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City
- 04-08House of Representives 1st meeting
- 04-16George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
- 04-21John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
- 04-23President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York
- 04-28Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Captain William Bligh
- 04-30George Washington inaugurated as 1st President of US
- 05-05French States-General for It first since 1614 together
- 05-071st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC)
- 05-12Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses
- 06-011st US Congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
- 06-03Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada)
- 06-04US constitution goes into effect
- 06-09Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I
- 06-13Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington
- 06-14Captain William Blighs reaches Timor
- 06-173rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
- 06-20Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken
- 07-041st US tariff act
- 07-11US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress
- 07-14Bastille Day-French Revolution begins with the fall of Bastille
- 07-27Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs (State Department)
- 08-01US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act
- 08-04French National Meeting ending feudal system
People born in year of 1789
- 01-03Carl G Carus: German Physician / psychologist / philosopher
- 01-04Benjamin Lundy: Philanthropist / abolitionist
- 01-30George Augustus Kollmann: Composer
- 02-08Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer: Composer
- 02-15Friedrich Fesca: Composer
- 03-04Pavel P Gagarin: Russ monarch
- 03-17Edmund Kean: London, England -- Tragic actor (Shylock)
- 05-28Bernard S Ingemann: Danish author (Tomorrow - OG Aftensange)
- 06-27Philipp Friedrich Silcher: Composer
- 06-30E J Horace Vernet: French painter
- 07-19John Martin: English painter
- 08-21Augustin-Louis Baron Cauchy: French mathematician
- 09-01Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen: Composer
- 09-03Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy: Composer
- 09-09William Cranch Bond: United States -- Astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion)
- 09-15James Fenimore Cooper: 1st major US Novelist (Last of Mohicans)
- 10-03Francis Hoyt Gregory: Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866
- 10-14Constant van Crombrugghe: Flemish monastery founder
- 10-18Giovanni Tadolini: Composer
- 10-24Jean C Baud: Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6)
- 10-24Ramon Carnicer y Batlle: Composer
- 10-26Joseph Mayseder: Composer
- 11-13Martin de Ron: Composer
- 12-08John Fawcett: Composer
- 12-14Maria Agata Szymanowska: Composer
People died in year of 1789
- 01-01Christleib Siegmund Binder: Composer, dies at 65
- 01-02Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee: Composer, dies at 68
- 01-10Pierre Lyonet: Dutch zoologist / cryptologist, dies at 82
- 01-20Johann Christoph Oley: Composer, dies at 50
- 02-02Armand-Louis Couperin: French Composer / Organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
- 04-07Peter Camper: Anatomist / animal scholar, dies at 66
- 04-26Peter I Panin: Russian General (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67
- 05-10Guillaume Gommaire Kennis: Composer, dies at 72
- 06-07Vaclav Jan Kopriva: Composer, dies at 81
- 06-12Jean E Liotard [Turk]: Swiss Painter (Maria-Theresia)
- 06-14Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Composer, dies at 61
- 07-04Claudio M da Costa: Brazilian conductor, dies at 59
- 07-15Jacques Duphly: Composer, dies at 74
- 08-25Mary Ball Washington: Mother of George
- 09-11Luca Sorkocevic: Composer, dies at 55
- 09-12Franz Xaver Richter: Composer, dies at 79
- 09-28Thomas Day: Author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire
- 10-10Pierre-Louis Couperin: Composer, dies at 34
- 10-24Joaquin de Oxinaga: Composer, dies at 69
- 10-24Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken: Dutch poet, dies at 68
- 12-03Claude-Joseph Vernet: French seascape painter