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Day of death July 3, 1788

• The temperature on July 3, 1788 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
  • 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 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.
  • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1749 » William Jones, Welsh-English mathematician and academic (b. 1675)
• 1790 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1736)
• 1795 » Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
• 1795 » Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar and author (b. 1714)
• 1809 » Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
• 1863 » George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)