What is 1788?
{{Year nav|1788}} {{Year in various calendars|1788}} {{Year article header|1788}} == Events == * [[January 26]] – The [[First Fleet]] arrives at [[Sydney]] Cove, bringing the first [[Europe]]an settlers to [[Australia]]. This is now celebrated as Australia's national day. * [[October 25]] – The [[Mutiny on the Bounty|HMVA Bounty]] reaches [[Tahiti]]. * [[December 14]] – [[Accession]] of [[Charles IV of Spain|Charles IV, King of Spain]]. * [[Georgia (US State)|Georgia]] becomes a state. == Births == * [[January 22]] – [[George Byron|Lord Byron]], [[English people|English]] [[poet]] * [[February 5]] – [[Robert Peel]], British [[Prime Minister]] == Deaths == * [[January 31]] – [[Bonny Prince Charlie]], Pretender to the English [[Throne]] * [[August 2]] – [[Thomas Gainsborough]], [[painter]] * [[December 14]] – [[Charles III of Spain|Charles III, King of Spain]] [[Category:1788| ]]