July 2 » Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
September 5 » In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
Day of death September 21, 1788
The temperature on September 21, 1788 was about 16.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
Day of burial September 24, 1788
The temperature on September 24, 1788 was about 13.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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