Editing 1788 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 13]] – A [[hailstorm]] sweeps across France and the [[Dutch Republic]], with hailstones 'as big as quart bottles' that take 'three days to melt'; immense damage is done.<ref>{{cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J. M.|publisher=John Baker|location=London|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>
* [[July 24]] – Governor General [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester|Lord Dorchester]], by proclamation issued from the [[Chateau St. Louis]] in [[Quebec City]], divides the British [[Province of Quebec (1763–91)|Province of Quebec]] into five Districts, namely: Gaspé, [[Home District|Nassau]], [[Eastern District, Upper Canada|Lunenburg]], [[Midland District, Upper Canada|Mecklenburg]], and [[Western District, Upper Canada|Hesse]].
* [[July 26]] – New York ratifies the [[United States Constitution]], and becomes the eleventh [[U.S. state]].
* [[July 28]] – [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], in [[Vienna]], completes his penultimate symphony, now called the ''[[Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 40]] in G Minor''.
* [[August 8]] – King [[Louis XVI of France]] agrees to convene the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]] meeting in [[May]] [[1789]], the first time since [[1614]].
* [[August 10]] – Emperor [[Shah Alam II]] was [[Blinding (punishment)|blinded]] by a maddened Indo-Afghan commander [[Ghulam Kadir|Ghulam Qadir Rohilla]] who sought revenge against the [[Mughal Empire]].
* [[August 10]] – [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], in [[Vienna]], completes his final symphony, now called the ''[[Symphony No. 41 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 41]] in C Major'', and nicknamed (after his death) ''The Jupiter.''
* [[August 12]] – The [[Anjala conspiracy]] is signed.<ref>[http://www.anjala-seura.info/anjalan_liitto/Untitled-1.htm Anjalan liitto – Anjala-seura] (in Finnish)</ref>
* [[August 27]] – The trial of Deacon [[William Brodie]] for [[burglary]] begins in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland; he is sentenced to death by hanging.
* [[September 13]] – The United States [[Congress of the Confederation]] passes an act providing a timeline for the voting for the first President under the new U.S. Constitution.<ref name=Hening>William Waller Hening, ed., ''The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619'' (George Cochran Publishing, 1823) p653
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* [[September 21]] – [[Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)|Austro-Turkish War]] - [[Battle of Karánsebes]]: The Austrian army engages in a friendly-fire incident, which results in mass casualties.
* [[September 24]] – The ''[[Theater War]]'' begins, when the army of [[Denmark–Norway]] invades Sweden.