January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
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.
March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
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.
Christening day March 23, 1788
The temperature on March 23, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Day of burial June 26, 1788
The temperature on June 26, 1788 was about 16.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
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