WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1788
Find out what all happened January to May 1788

Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. (28. April 1788)

The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts. (8. May 1788)

The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson. (20. January 1788)

The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day (26. January 1788)

The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay. (19. January 1788)

Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. (2. January 1788)

The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrive at Botany Bay. (18. January 1788)

The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp. (9. February 1788)

First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published. (1. January 1788)

Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. (6. February 1788)

South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the 8th American state. (23. May 1788)

American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory arrive at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, establishing Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory, and opening the westward expansion of the new country. (7. April 1788)

Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States. (9. January 1788)

A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins. (21. March 1788)

The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement. (6. March 1788)