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| 1787 |
| | | Scottish engineer James Watt devises the governor, the first example of industrial automation | |
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| 1787 |
| | | Delegates meeting in Philadelphia agree a final draft for a US consitution, to be submitted to the states for ratification | |
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| 1787 |
| | | The Federalist Papers, in support of the Constitution and mainly written by Alexander Hamilton, begin appearing in New York | |
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| 1787 |
| | | Mozart's opera Don Giovanni has its premiere in Prague | |
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| 1788 |
| | | After a journey of eight months from England the First Fleet reaches Australia, anchoring in Botany Bay | |
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| 1788 |
| | | Arthur Phillip, selecting a suitable coastal site for the first penal colony in Australia, names the place Sydney Cove | |
|  | Map of Australia showing the distribution of convicts, c.1820
National Archives, Kew
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| 1788 |
| | | The constitution of the United States is ratified by the states, but it is immediately agreed that amendments will be desirable | |
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| 1788 |
| | | Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) is buried in St Anne's churchyard in Kew. | |
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| 1788 |
| | | Tiradentes (the 'puller of teeth') leads the first rebellion against Portuguese rule in Brazil | |
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| 1788 |
| | | The ministers of Louis XVI reluctantly announce that the estates general will meet in 1789, for the first time since 1614 | |
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