Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is performed in Vienna. Passage of the United States Constitution. Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni premieres in Prague. Beethoven visits Vienna, plays for Mozart. 1788 Birth of English poet Lord Byron.
First convicts settle in Sydney, Australia.
Kant writes Critique of Practical Reason. Beethoven meets Count Waldstein and the von Breuning family who become financial supporters. George Washington chosen first president of the United States. William Blake writes Songs of Innocence. Death of Benjamin Franklin and of Joseph II of Austria.