What happened in 1788?

Battle of Karánsebes

Wars & Conflicts · Caransebeș

Friendly fire incident during the Austro–Turkish War of 1787–1791

Sino-Nepalese War

Wars & Conflicts · Shigatse

Invasion of Tibet by Nepalese Army and Chinese military intervention

Siege of Ochakov

Wars & Conflicts · Ochakiv

1788 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)

Theater War

Wars & Conflicts · Sweden

War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden

Battle of Ngọc Hồi–Đống Đa

Wars & Conflicts · Ngọc Hồi

Battle between Qing-dynasty China and Tây Sơn-dynasty Vietnam (1788-89)

Siege of Khotin

Wars & Conflicts · Khotyn Fortress

1788 battle in the Austro-Turkish War of 1788-1791

Battle of Chaksana

Wars & Conflicts · Bharatpur

1788 battle of the Mughal–Maratha Wars

Battle of Kvistrum

Wars & Conflicts

1788 Swedish-Danish battle

Siege of Berezan

Wars & Conflicts · Berezan Island

1788 siege

Battle of Mehadia

Wars & Conflicts

1788 battle during the Austro-Turkish War

Battle of Fidonisi

Wars & Conflicts · Snake Island

1788 naval battle

Battle of Hogland

Wars & Conflicts · Gulf of Finland

Naval battle in 1788

Naval actions at the siege of Ochakov

Wars & Conflicts · Black Sea

1788 naval battle

Anjala conspiracy

Wars & Conflicts

Scheme by disgruntled Swedish officers to end Gustav III's Russian War of 1788–90

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon died

People · Paris

French natural historian (1707-1788)

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse died

People · Vanikoro

French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)

Paul d'Albert, Cardinal de Luynes died

People · Paris

Catholic cardinal

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli died

People · Pavia

Tyrolean physician and naturalist (1723-1788)

Juan Bautista de Anza died

People · Arizpe

Basque explorer and governor (1736-1788)

Nicole-Reine Lepaute died

People · Paris

French astronomer (1723-1788)

Francisco Noronha died

People · Port Louis

Spanish botanist (1748-1788)

John Filson died

People · Chester County

United States author, historian and surveyor

Benjamin Wilson died

People · London

British painter and scientist (1721-1788)

Giovanni Domenico Maraldi died

People · Perinaldo

Italian astronomer

John Whitehurst died

People · London

British clockmaker (1713-1788)

Johann Georg Palitzsch died

People · Prohlis

German astronomer (1723-1788)

François Jacquier died

People · Rome

French Franciscan mathematician and physicist

John Lightfoot died

People · London

Priest, conchologist and botanist (1735-1788)

Jean-Paul Grandjean de Fouchy died

People · Paris

French astronomer

François Poulletier de la Salle died

People · Paris

Chemist and medical doctor (1719-1788)

Adriano Cristofali died

People · Verona

Veronese architect

Jan Tesánek died

People · Prague

Czech astronomist, physicist and mathematician (1728-1788)

Joseph Lepaute Dagelet died

People · Vanikoro

French astronomer and explorer (1751-1788)

Steven Hoogendijk died

People · Rotterdam

Dutch physicist (1698–1788)

Joseph Hugues Boissieu La Martinière died

People · Pacific Ocean

French biologist, explorer and physician (1758-1788)

Paul Mérault Monneron died

People · Vanikoro

French explorer and engineer

Wynee died

People · Hawaii

First Native Hawaiian from the Hawaiian Islands to traveled abroad

Jean-André Mongez died

People · Vanikoro

French geologist (1750–1788)

Jean Nicolas Collignon died

People · Metz

French gardener and botanist (1762-1788)

Robert Sutton de Clonard died

People · Vanikoro

French naval officer

George Anne Bellamy died

People · London

English actress

Thomas Sheridan died

People · Dublin

Irish stage actor and educator

Charlotte Wilhelmina Franziska Brandes died

People · Hamburg

German singer, pianist, actress and composer

David Evans died

People · Llangynyw

Welsh priest, born 1705

Frederick Pilon died

People · London

Irish actor and dramatist (1750–1788)

Lord Byron born

People · City of Westminster

Born in City of Westminster. English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824).

Arthur Schopenhauer born

People · Gdańsk

Born in Gdańsk. German philosopher (1788-1860).

Robert Peel born

People · Ramsbottom

Born in Ramsbottom. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1788–1850).

Joseph von Eichendorff born

People · Castle Lubowitz

Born in Castle Lubowitz. German poet and novelist (1788-1857).

Friedrich Rückert born

People · Schweinfurt

Born in Schweinfurt. German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866).

Jean-Victor Poncelet born

People · Metz

Born in Metz. French engineer and mathematician (1788-1867).

Mikhail Lazarev born

People · Vladimir

Born in Vladimir. Russian fleet commander and explorer (1788-1851).

Étienne Cabet born

People · Dijon

Born in Dijon. French philosopher (1788–1856).

Felice Romani born

People · Genoa

Born in Genoa. Italian writer (1788-1865).

Ioannis Kolettis born

People · Syrrako

Born in Syrrako. Greek politician (1773-1847).

Carl Reichenbach born

People · Stuttgart

Born in Stuttgart. German scientist and philosopher (1788–1869).

Hugh Clapperton born

People · Annan

Born in Annan. Royal Navy officer and explorer.

Spiridon Trikoupis born

People · Missolonghi

Born in Missolonghi. Greek historian and politician (1788-1873).

Rafael Urdaneta born

People · Maracaibo

Born in Maracaibo. Venezuelan General (1788-1845).

FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan born

People · Badminton

Born in Badminton. British politician (1788-1855).

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet born

People · Glasgow

Born in Glasgow. Scottish metaphysician (1788-1856).

Gheorghe Asachi born

People · Hertsa

Born in Hertsa. Moldavian polymath (1788-1869).

Tomás de Zumalacárregui born

People · Ormaiztegi

Born in Ormaiztegi. Basque General during the 1st Carlist War.

Athanasios Diakos born

People · Athanasios Diakos

Born in Athanasios Diakos. Greek general.

Soliman Pasha born

People · Lyon

Born in Lyon. Founder of the Egyptian modern army.

Pavel Kiselyov born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Russian noble and general (1788–1872).

Charles III of Spain died

People · Madrid

Died in Madrid. King of Spain from 1759 to 1788.

Ranavalona I born

People · Ambatomanoina

Born in Ambatomanoina. Queen of Imerina (1828-1861).

Jardín de Aclimatación de la Orotava

Science & Technology

Botanical garden

Sydney Hospital

Science & Technology · Sydney

Hospital in Australia

Lord Howe Island

Exploration & Discovery · Pacific Ocean

Island in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of New South Wales

Ball's Pyramid

Exploration & Discovery

An island and an erosional remnant of a shield volcano southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific

Bounty Islands

Exploration & Discovery

Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean

Nunivak Island

Exploration & Discovery · Bering Sea

Island in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States

Penrhyn

Exploration & Discovery · Pacific Ocean

Atoll in the Northern Cook Islands

Abaiang

Exploration & Discovery

Atoll

St. George Island

Exploration & Discovery

Island in Alaska, United States of America

Lot's Wife

Exploration & Discovery

Island of Japan

Khiva Friday Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Friday mosque of Khiva

Synagogue of Nancy

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France

Wat Pho

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in central Bangkok, Thailand

Sophia Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Pushkin

Archdiocesan Shrine of San Miguel Arcangel

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Argao, Cebu, Philippines

Holy Cross Church Vierraden

Religion & Belief Systems · Vierraden

Church building in Schwedt/Oder, Uckermark district, Brandenburg

San Defendente Parish Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Berzona

Church building in Berzona in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Saint Anne Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Oirlo

Chapel in Oirlo, Netherlands

San Giovanni Evangelista Parish Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Morbio Superiore

Church building in Morbio Superiore in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Old Stone Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Winchester, Virginia

Maria Brünnl

Religion & Belief Systems · Q28059602

Chapel in Appersdorf, Elsendorf, Germany

Holy Trinity Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Czech Republic

Wayside cross in Křičov

Religion & Belief Systems · Křičov

EID Parry

Economy & Trade · Chennai

Indian public company

Jessop & Company

Economy & Trade · Kolkata

Indian engineering company

Great Fire of Tenmei

Disasters & Pandemics · Kyoto

Great New Orleans Fire

Disasters & Pandemics

1788 fire which destroyed much of New Orleans, Spanish-controlled Louisiana

Day of the Tiles

Social Movements & Revolutions

Event of popular unrest in Grenoble, France

Église Saint-Étienne de Rosheim

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Bas-Rhin, in France

Sofia Albertina Church

Architecture & Engineering · Landskrona

Church of Sweden church building in Landskrona, Sweden

Old Brick Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church built in 1788 about 4 mi (6 km) north of Jenkinsville on SC 213 in Fairfield County, South Carolina

Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in New York, United States of America

Church of the Nativity

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Belozersky District, Russia

Fort San Rocco

Architecture & Engineering · Marina di Grosseto

Fort in Marina di Grosseto, Italy

Immaculate Conception Church

Architecture & Engineering · La Orotava

La Orotava

Capela de Ánimas

Architecture & Engineering · old town of Santiago de Compostela

Chapel in Santiago de Compostela

Church of St Nikolay Yamskoy

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ryazan, Russia

Théâtre Graslin

Sports & Entertainment

Opera house in Nantes, France

Georgian Theatre Royal

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Kingdom of Tahiti founded

Empires & Countries · Papeete

Kingdom of Tahiti was founded, with its capital at Papeete.

State of Franklin dissolved

Empires & Countries

State of Franklin ceased to exist.

New York founded

Empires & Countries · Albany

New York was founded, with its capital at Albany.

Virginia founded

Empires & Countries · Richmond

Virginia was founded, with its capital at Richmond.

Georgia founded

Empires & Countries · Atlanta

Georgia was founded, with its capital at Atlanta.

Massachusetts founded

Empires & Countries · Boston

Massachusetts was founded, with its capital at Boston.

Maryland founded

Empires & Countries · Annapolis

Maryland was founded, with its capital at Annapolis.

Connecticut founded

Empires & Countries · Hartford

Connecticut was founded, with its capital at Hartford.

South Carolina founded

Empires & Countries · Columbia

South Carolina was founded, with its capital at Columbia.

New Hampshire founded

Empires & Countries · Concord

New Hampshire was founded, with its capital at Concord.