What happened in 1788?
86 recorded events in 1788, including 52 in people, 10 in wars & conflicts and 8 in exploration & discovery.
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Wars & Conflicts 10
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Battle of Karánsebes
Friendly fire incident during the Austro–Turkish War of 1787–1791
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Sino-Nepalese War
Invasion of Tibet by Nepalese Army and Chinese military intervention
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Siege of Ochakov
1788 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
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Theater War
War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden
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Battle of Ngọc Hồi–Đống Đa
Battle between Qing-dynasty China and Tây Sơn-dynasty Vietnam (1788-89)
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Siege of Khotin
1788 battle in the Austro-Turkish War of 1788-1791
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Battle of Chaksana
1788 battle of the Mughal–Maratha Wars
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Battle of Kvistrum
1788 Swedish-Danish battle
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Siege of Berezan
1788 siege
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Battle of Mehadia
1788 battle during the Austro-Turkish War
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People 52
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon died
French natural historian (1707-1788)
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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse died
French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)
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Paul d'Albert, Cardinal de Luynes died
Catholic cardinal
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Giovanni Antonio Scopoli died
Tyrolean physician and naturalist (1723-1788)
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Juan Bautista de Anza died
Basque explorer and governor (1736-1788)
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Nicole-Reine Lepaute died
French astronomer (1723-1788)
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Francisco Noronha died
Spanish botanist (1748-1788)
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John Filson died
United States author, historian and surveyor
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Benjamin Wilson died
British painter and scientist (1721-1788)
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Giovanni Domenico Maraldi died
Italian astronomer
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John Whitehurst died
British clockmaker (1713-1788)
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Johann Georg Palitzsch died
German astronomer (1723-1788)
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François Jacquier died
French Franciscan mathematician and physicist
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John Lightfoot died
Priest, conchologist and botanist (1735-1788)
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Jean-Paul Grandjean de Fouchy died
French astronomer
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François Poulletier de la Salle died
Chemist and medical doctor (1719-1788)
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Adriano Cristofali died
Veronese architect
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Jan Tesánek died
Czech astronomist, physicist and mathematician (1728-1788)
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Joseph Lepaute Dagelet died
French astronomer and explorer (1751-1788)
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Steven Hoogendijk died
Dutch physicist (1698–1788)
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Joseph Hugues Boissieu La Martinière died
French biologist, explorer and physician (1758-1788)
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Paul Mérault Monneron died
French explorer and engineer
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Wynee died
First Native Hawaiian from the Hawaiian Islands to traveled abroad
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Jean-André Mongez died
French geologist (1750–1788)
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Jean Nicolas Collignon died
French gardener and botanist (1762-1788)
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Robert Sutton de Clonard died
French naval officer
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George Anne Bellamy died
English actress
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Thomas Sheridan died
Irish stage actor and educator
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Charlotte Wilhelmina Franziska Brandes died
German singer, pianist, actress and composer
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David Evans died
Welsh priest, born 1705
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Frederick Pilon died
Irish actor and dramatist (1750–1788)
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Lord Byron born
Born in City of Westminster. English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824).
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Arthur Schopenhauer born
Born in Gdańsk. German philosopher (1788-1860).
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Robert Peel born
Born in Ramsbottom. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1788–1850).
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Joseph von Eichendorff born
Born in Castle Lubowitz. German poet and novelist (1788-1857).
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Friedrich Rückert born
Born in Schweinfurt. German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866).
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Jean-Victor Poncelet born
Born in Metz. French engineer and mathematician (1788-1867).
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Mikhail Lazarev born
Born in Vladimir. Russian fleet commander and explorer (1788-1851).
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Étienne Cabet born
Born in Dijon. French philosopher (1788–1856).
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Felice Romani born
Born in Genoa. Italian writer (1788-1865).
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Ioannis Kolettis born
Born in Syrrako. Greek politician (1773-1847).
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Carl Reichenbach born
Born in Stuttgart. German scientist and philosopher (1788–1869).
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Hugh Clapperton born
Born in Annan. Royal Navy officer and explorer.
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Spiridon Trikoupis born
Born in Missolonghi. Greek historian and politician (1788-1873).
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Rafael Urdaneta born
Born in Maracaibo. Venezuelan General (1788-1845).
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FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan born
Born in Badminton. British politician (1788-1855).
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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet born
Born in Glasgow. Scottish metaphysician (1788-1856).
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Gheorghe Asachi born
Born in Hertsa. Moldavian polymath (1788-1869).
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Tomás de Zumalacárregui born
Born in Ormaiztegi. Basque General during the 1st Carlist War.
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Athanasios Diakos born
Born in Athanasios Diakos. Greek general.
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Soliman Pasha born
Born in Lyon. Founder of the Egyptian modern army.
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Pavel Kiselyov born
Born in Moscow. Russian noble and general (1788–1872).
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Science & Technology 2
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Jardín de Aclimatación de la Orotava
Botanical garden
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Sydney Hospital
Hospital in Australia
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Exploration & Discovery 8
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Lord Howe Island
Island in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of New South Wales
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Ball's Pyramid
An island and an erosional remnant of a shield volcano southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific
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Bounty Islands
Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean
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Nunivak Island
Island in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
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Penrhyn
Atoll in the Northern Cook Islands
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Abaiang
Atoll
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St. George Island
Island in Alaska, United States of America
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Lot's Wife
Island of Japan
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Khiva Friday Mosque
Friday mosque of Khiva
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Synagogue of Nancy
Synagogue located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France
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Economy & Trade 2
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EID Parry
Indian public company
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Jessop & Company
Indian engineering company
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Day of the Tiles
Event of popular unrest in Grenoble, France
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Architecture & Engineering 5
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Église Saint-Étienne de Rosheim
Church located in Bas-Rhin, in France
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Sofia Albertina Church
Church of Sweden church building in Landskrona, Sweden
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Old Brick Church
Church built in 1788 about 4 mi (6 km) north of Jenkinsville on SC 213 in Fairfield County, South Carolina
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Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia
Church building in New York, United States of America
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Church of the Nativity
Church building in Belozersky District, Russia
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Sports & Entertainment 2
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Théâtre Graslin
Opera house in Nantes, France
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Georgian Theatre Royal
Theatre in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Empires & Countries 2
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Kingdom of Tahiti founded
Kingdom of Tahiti was founded, with its capital at Papeete.
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State of Franklin dissolved
State of Franklin ceased to exist.
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