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Birthday February 1, 1788

• The temperature on February 1, 1788 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
  • January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
  • February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
  • June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1761 » Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic († 1836)
• 1763 » Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian († 1854)
• 1796 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss minister, poet, and educator († 1865)
• 1801 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher († 1881)
• 1820 » George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian († 1897)
• 1836 » Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer († 1898)