Getuigen: Johann Heinrich Westerhoff broer van de kinddoopvader, Jan Derk Ruhloff broer van de kraamvrouw, Agnes Hierling in Werth geboren Westerhoff zuster van de kinddoopvader
January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
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.
Christening day May 15, 1788
The temperature on May 15, 1788 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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.
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.
July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
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