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1788 (MDCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1788th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 788th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of ...
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Gilbert White publishes The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton (dated 1789). A record dry December with only 8.9 millimetres (0.4 in) England and Wales Precipitation produces the driest calendar year since records began in 1766, [11] with only 612.0 millimetres (24.09 in) of precipitation.
1788: First French Quaker community established in Congénies. 1788: First permanent European settlement established in Australia by Britain at Sydney. 1788–1790: Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790). 1788: New Hampshire becomes the 9th state to ratify the United States Constitution, and by the terms of Article VII it takes effect.
For any period in history, if reliable information does not narrow down the point of foundation beyond a given time period then articles should only be categorised by the most specific time period (i.e. decade, century or millennium) as indicated by reliable sources and without breaking the aforementioned scheme.
City 1 – 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 Agrigento: 50,000 [163]Athens: 30,000 – 90,000 110,000 25,000
Day of the Tiles, 7 June 1788, by Alexandre Debelle, (Musée de la Révolution française) 7 June - Riots broke out in Grenoble, the Day of the Tiles. 21 July - Assembly of Vizille, the meeting of the Estates. 8 August - Louis XVI agreed to convene the Estates-General meeting in May 1789, for the first time since 1614.
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