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| yp3=1787
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| ya3=1791
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1788 was a Leap Year Starting On Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
Births
- January 22 - George Gordon, Lord Byron , English poet (d. 1824 )
- February 5 - Robert Peel , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (d. 1850 )
- February 22 - Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher (d. 1860 )
- March 10 - Joseph Von Eichendorff , German poet (d. 1857 )
- April 14 - David G. Burnet , President Of The Republic Of Texas (d, 1870 )
- May 16 - Friedrich Rückert , German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (d. 1866 )
- August 16 - Luigi Ciacchi , Italian cardinal (d. 1865 )
- September 12 - Alexander Campbell , Irish/US founder of the Disciples Of Christ (d. 1866 )
- September 22 - Theodore Edward Hook , English author (d. 1841 )
- October 11 - Simon Sechter , Austrian music teacher
- October 24 - Sarah Josepha Hale , American author (d. 1879 )
- Juan Facundo Quiroga , Argentine federationalist
Deaths
- January 14 - François Joseph Paul, Marquis De Grasetilly, Comte De Grasse , French admiral (b. 1722 )
- January 31 - Charles Edward Stuart , claimant to the British throne (b. 1720 )
- February 18 - John Whitehurst , English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713 )
- February 21 - Johann Georg Palitzsch , German astronomer (b. 1723 )
- February 28 - Thomas Cushing , American Continental Congressman (b. 1725 )
- April 12 - Carlo Antonio Campioni , French-born composer (b. 1719 )
- April 15 - Giuseppe Bonno , Austrian composer (b. 1711 )
- April 16 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon , French naturalist (b. 1707 )
- May 8 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli , Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723 )
- June 18 - Adam Gib , Scottish religious leader (b. 1714 )
- August 2 - Thomas Gainsborough , British painter (b. 1727 )
- October 13 - Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent , Irish politician and poet (b. 1702 )
- October 15 - Samuel Greig , Scottish-Russian Admiral (b. 1735 )
- December 6 - Jonathan Shipley , English bishop and politician (b. 1714 )
- December 14 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , German composer (b. 1714 )
- December 14 - King Charles III Of Spain (b. 1716 )
- December 22 - Percivall Pott , English surgeon (b. 1714 )
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