WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1788
Find out what all happened February to July 1788

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

New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States. (26. July 1788)

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

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

Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska. (11. June 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)

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

Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution. (25. June 1788)

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

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550). (25. July 1788)

New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the 9th state in the United States. (21. June 1788)

The Day of Tiles during the French Revolution, where angry citizens of Grenoble tossed roof tiles and various objects onto the heads of royal troops. (7. June 1788)

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