April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Day of death March 6, 1788
The temperature on March 6, 1788 was about 2.0 °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 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 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
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