22 January 1788SydneyThomas Townshend Sydney, 1st
Sydney Cove named in honour of Townshend, the settlement becomes known as Sydney
Historical records for Great Britain in 1788, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Sydney Cove named in honour of Townshend, the settlement becomes known as Sydney
William Herschel marries the widow Mary Pitt (nee Baldwin) at St Laurence's Church
Agreed between Britain, Prussia & Holland against France, the Empire & Russia
Appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy
Birth of FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, eighth and youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
Birth of Robert Peel
Suffers 1st bout of insanity
Founds the Linnean Society which specializes in botany & zoology
Appointed Rear Admiral
Clarkson gathers evidence in Bristol against the slave trade.
Support for slave trade abolition results in the passage of the 1788 Bill brought by Sir William Dolben to improve the conditions for slaves by limiting the capacity of slave-carrying ships which crossed the Atlantic
Boulton establishes the steam-powered Soho Mint for mechanised coin production.
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