* 1730 – Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher ( d. 1788 )

* 1788 – Adoniram Judson, American missionary ( d. 1850 )

Augustin-Jean Fresnel ( ; ; 1788 – 1827 )

* 1788 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist ( d. 1853 )

* 1741 – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French navy officer and explorer ( d. 1788 )

* 1788 – Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.

In 1788 Jean Jacques Barthelemy ( 1716 – 95 ), a highly esteemed classical scholar and Jesuit, published The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, about a young Scythian descended from Anacharsis.

* 1788 – Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist ( d. 1848 )

* 1714 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader ( d. 1788 )

* 1788 – David G. Burnet, American politician, president of the Republic of Texas ( d. 1870 )

* 1730 – Antonín Kammel, Czech composer and violinist ( d. 1788 )

* 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.

* Reuben Cone ( 1788 – 1851 ), an important pioneer and landowner in Atlanta, Georgia

Zalta, Venice ( 1788 – 1795 )

* Infante Carlos of Spain, Count of Molina ( 1788 – 1855 ), first Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain ( as Charles V )

** Charles III ( 1759 – 1788 )

** Charles IV ( 1788 – 1808, 1808 )

The central argument in Principles was that the present is the key to the past – a concept of the Scottish Enlightenment which David Hume had stated as " all inferences from experience suppose ... that the future will resemble the past ", and James Hutton had described when he wrote in 1788 that " from what has actually been, we have data for concluding with regard to that which is to happen thereafter.

David was the third of six children, two daughters and four sons: James ( 1777 – 1847 ), minister at Craig, Ferryden ; David ; David ; George ( 1784 – 1855 ), minister at Scoonie, Fife ; and Patrick ( 1788 – 1859 ), minister at the abbey church, Paisley.

The Shihab leadership continued until the middle of the 19th century and culminated in the illustrious governorship of Amir Bashir Shihab II ( 1788 – 1840 ) who, after Fakhr-al-Din, was the most powerful feudal lord Lebanon produced.

" His father-in-law provided the money he needed for the trip, and David headed for Rome with his wife and three of his students, one of whom, Jean-Germain Drouais ( 1763 – 1788 ), was the Prix de Rome winner of that year.

A notorious instance from the Britannica's early years is the rejection of Newtonian gravity by George Gleig, the chief editor of the 3rd edition ( 1788 – 1797 ), who wrote that gravity was caused by the classical element of fire.

** Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet ( b. 1788 )

Charles IV ( Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno Jose Januario Serafin Diego ; 11 November 1748 – 20 January 1819 ) was King of Spain from 14 December 1788 until his abdication on 19 March 1808.

* Francisco Balthazar ( 1788 – 1862 ) birth name of Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet

Francisco Baltazar y de la Cruz ( April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862 ), also known as Francisco Baltazar, was a prominent Filipino poet, and is widely considered as the Tagalog equivalent of William Shakespeare for his impact on Filipino literature.

Francisco Balagtas was born on April 2, 1788 in Barrio Panginay, Bigaa, Bulacan as the youngest of the four children of Juan Balagtas, a blacksmith, and Juana de la Cruz.

* 1788 – George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron ( Lord Byron ), English poet ( d. 1824 )

* 1857 – Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet ( b. 1788 )

* 1788 – Mihály Bertalanits Slovene poet and teacher in Kingdom of Hungary ( d. 1853 )

* 1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American poet ( d. 1879 )

* January 28 – Felice Romani, poet and librettist ( b. 1788 )

* January 31 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages ( b. 1788 )

* November 26 – Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet ( b. 1788 )

* January 8 – Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene ( Prekmurian ) poet in Kingdom of Hungary ( b. 1788 )

* April 19 – George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, English poet ( b. 1788 )

* Alexandre Soumet ( 1788 – 1845 ), poet

Byron usually refers to the British poet and writer George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron ( 1788 – 1824 ), commonly known as Lord Byron.

Richard Harris Barham ( 6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845 ) was an English cleric of the Church of England, novelist, and humorous poet.

Charles Wesley ( 18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788 ) was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley ( the Younger ), and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley.

After his death, in 1788, she returned to Göttingen, where she became familiar with the poet Gottfried August Burger and the critic of the Romantic school, August Wilhelm Schlegel.

* George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron ( 1788 – 1824 ), British Romantic poet more commonly known as Lord Byron

* November 26-Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, poet and novelist ( born 1788 )

* April 19-Lord Byron, poet ( born 1788 ; blood poisoning )

Friedrich Rückert ( 16 May 1788 – 31 January 1866 ) was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.

Solomon Gessner ( 1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788 ) was a Swiss painter and poet.

* April 1-Salomon Gessner, Swiss painter and poet ( died 1788 )

* William Mugliston ( died 1788 ), born locally, was an eighteenth-century poet.

While during the 17th century there were no Arbëresh writers, in 18th century there was Giulio Variboba ( 1724 – 1788 ) known in Albanian as Jul Variboba, is regarded by many Albanians as the first genuine poet in all of Albanian literature.

* George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron ( 1788 – 1824 ), the English Romantic poet