The Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, Sweden. Colloquially known as Dramaten

In the year 1788, the first edition of The Times is published in London (Jan 1), 11 ships Sydney Cove with the aim of establishing there a British prison colony, the first permanent European settlement on the continent - hence celebrated as Australia Day (Jan 26), Sydney is named and founded (Feb 7), the first recorded riot in America takes place, due to grave robbers in Manhattan (Apr 13), The Royal Dramatic Theater is founded in Stockholm (May 10), Mozart completes his 41st and last symphony (Aug 10), seven new U.S. states are born  - and all these fine people were born:

1788-0104 Athanasios Diakos* military commander during the Greek War of Independence - Ano Mousounitsa/Artotina, Phocis, Greece (1821/33)
1788-0122 Lord Byron* poet/politician – London, England (1824/36)

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1788-0212 Juho Erkinpoika Aspinen** father of Iisak Juhonpoika Aspinen - Vanhakylä, Viipuri msrk, Russian Empire (1869/81)
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1788-0222 Arthur Schopenhauer* philosopher – Danzig, Prussia (1860/72)
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1788-0307 Antoine César Becquerel* scientist/a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena – Chatillon-Coligny, France (1878/89)

1788-0402 Wilhelmine Reichard* first German woman balloonist - Bruswick, Germany (1848/59)
1788-0414 Odert Gripenberg* lieutenant/school director/editor - Sääksmäki, Sweden-Finland (1848/59)

1788-0510 Augustin-Jean Fresnel* civil engineer/physicist/inventor - Broglie, Kingdom of France (1827/39)

1788-0730 Kisamor* (b Maria Jansson) natural doctor/healer - Örebro, Sweden (1842/53)

1788-0809 Adoniram Judson* missionary (in Burma for almost 40 years) - Malden, MA USA (1850/61)
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1788-0903 Gustaf Erik Pasch* (b Berggren) chemist/ inventor of the safety match – Norrköping, Sweden (1862/74)
1788-0912 Alexander Campbell* clergyman/reformist – Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (1866/77)

1788-1020 Benjamin Milam* colonist of Mexican Texas/military leader and hero of the Texas Revolution - Frankfort, VA (now part of KY) USA (1835/47)

1788-1218 Camille Pleyel* virtuoso pianist/ publisher/owner of the piano manufacturing company Pleyel et Cie - Strasbourg, France (1855/66)

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