January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
Day of death January 10, 1788
The temperature on January 10, 1788 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
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.
March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
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