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What Happened in March 1788

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Historical Events

  • Mar 6 The British First Fleet arrives at Australian territory of Norfolk Island to found a convict settlement
  • Mar 21 Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana

Olaudah Equiano Petitions the King

Mar 21 Olaudah Equiano (aka Gustavus Vassa), a freed slave, petitions King George III and Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans

King of Great Britain and Ireland George III
Events in 1788

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 1 Gheorghe Asachi, Moldovian-Romanian author, poet, polyglot and humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), born in Hertsa, Principality of Moldavia (d. 1869)
  • Mar 7 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist who pioneered the study of electric and luminescent phenomena, born in Châtillon-Coligny, France (d. 1878)
  • Mar 10 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German Romantic poet (Das Marmorbild), born at Schloß Lubowitz, Prussia (d. 1857)
  • Mar 12 Pierre-Jean David d'Angers], French sculptor (Panthéon in Paris), born in Angers, France (d. 1856)
Born in 1788

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 1 Orazio Mei, Italian organist, and composer, dies at 56
  • Mar 29 Charles Wesley, English Methodist leader (brother of John Wesley) and hymn writer (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing), dies at 80


What Happened in 1788

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