May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Day of death October 28, 1788
The temperature on October 28, 1788 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
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.
March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
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