January 1788 in History

Events in History

Constitution of the United States

Jan 2 Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution

Jan 9 Connecticut becomes 5th state to ratify the US constitution
Jan 18 First elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony
Jan 20 Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Georgia
Jan 24 French La Pérouse expedition arrives in Botany Bay, Australia, meeting the newly arrived "First Fleet" penal colony

British Empire

Jan 26 Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the Union Flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day. Referred to as Invasion Day by some First Nations people.

Jan 28 Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of Queen of France

Birthdays in History

Jan 8 Archduke Rudolph of Austria, Austrian clergyman & noble, born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1831)
Jan 8 Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general & politician, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1874)
Jan 11 William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)

Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Jan 22 English romantic poet (Don Juan), born in London

Deaths in History

Jan 11 François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (commanded the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake), dies at 64
Jan 14 François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)