1788

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1750s  1760s  1770s  - 1780s -  1790s  1800s  1810s
Years: 1785 1786 1787 - 1788 - 1789 1790 1791
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Year 1788 (MDCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

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[edit] Events of 1788

[edit] January - June

January 1: First edition in London of The Times.
January 1: First edition in London of The Times.
  • March 14 - The Edinburgh Evening Courant carries a notice of £200 reward for capture of William Brodie, town councilor doubling as a burglar.
March 21: Fire in New Orleans requires rebuilding Jackson Square area.
March 21: Fire in New Orleans requires rebuilding Jackson Square area.

[edit] July - December

  • September 17 - "Battle" of Karansebes - Forces of Joseph II of Austria marching against Turks, believing themselves attacked, starting firing at each other causing up to 10,000 casualties.

[edit] Births

1788 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1788
MDCCLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita 2541
Armenian calendar 1237
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Bahá'í calendar -56 – -55
Berber calendar 2738
Buddhist calendar 2332
Burmese calendar 1150
Chinese calendar 4424/4484-11-24
(丁未年十一月廿四日)
— to —
4425/4485-12-5
(戊申年十二月初五日)
Coptic calendar 1504 – 1505
Ethiopian calendar 1780 – 1781
Hebrew calendar 5548 – 5549
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1843 – 1844
 - Shaka Samvat 1710 – 1711
 - Kali Yuga 4889 – 4890
Holocene calendar 11788
Iranian calendar 1166 – 1167
Islamic calendar 1202 – 1203
Japanese calendar Tenmei 8
(天明8年)
Korean calendar 4121
Thai solar calendar 2331
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[edit] Deaths


[edit] Miscellaneous

  • 2008 - There were 1788 entries to the Android Developer Challenge I from 70 countries.


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