Events from the year 1788 in Great Britain.

1788 in Great Britain:
Other years
1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790
Countries of the United Kingdom
Scotland
Sport
1788 English cricket season

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Births

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Deaths

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Notes

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a Three non-overlapping twelve-month periods have been drier over England and Wales than calendar year 1788 – August 1784 to July 1785, September 1975 to August 1976 and February 1854 to January 1855.

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References

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  1. ^ "History of William Pitt 'The Younger' - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  3. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 230–231. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  4. ^ a b "BBC History British History Timeline". Archived from the original on 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  5. ^ The Times (London) 24 June 1788 p. 2. "There is something so inhuman in burning a woman, for what only subjects a man to hanging, that human nature shudders at the idea... The savage barbarity of the punishment — and the smallness of the offence in the eye of God are contrasts that should meet the consideration of Government."
  6. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 340. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  7. ^ Elihu Lauterpacht, C. J. Greenwood (1971). International Law Reports. Cambridge University Press. p. 14. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  8. ^ Harvey, W. S.; Downs-Rose, G. (1980). William Symington, Inventor and Engine Builder. London: Northgate Publishing. ISBN 0-85298-443-X.
  9. ^ Macleod, Innes; Neil, James (1988). The Dalswinton steamboat 1788–1988. Dumfries: Farries. ISBN 0-948278-08-0.
  10. ^ "Robert Burns – Auld Lang Syne". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  11. ^ Hadley Centre Ranked EWP.