Vienna, completes his final symphony, now called the Symphony No. 41 in C Major, and nicknamed (after his death) The Jupiter. August 12 – The Anjala conspiracy is signed. 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. September 21 – 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. October–December October 1 – William Brodie is hanged at the Tolbooth in Edinburgh. October 21 – The 14th and last session of the Continental Congress and (the 6th as Congress under the Articles of Confederation) is adjourned. October – King George III of the United Kingdom becomes deranged; the Regency Crisis of 1788 starts. November 8 – Voting takes place in the 11 states that have ratified the United States Constitution for the first U.S. Senators; in Virginia, Richard Henry Lee and William Grayson, both anti-federalists, receive the highest number of votes in the Virginia Senate. November 15 – Cyrus Griffin of Virginia completes his service as the last President of the Congress of the Confederation, under the Articles of Confederation. November 20 – In the United Kingdom, the Houses of Parliament are given the first formal report by Prime Minister Pitt of the mental illness of King George III. Parliament adjourns for two weeks, to await the results of examinations by royal physicians. November 25 – Fifty consecutive days of temperatures below freezing strike France, a record that will be unbroken more than 200 years later. December 6 – Russo-Turkish War (1787–92): The Ottoman fortress of Özi falls to the Russians after a prolonged siege, and a murderous storm with a temperature of . December 14 – King Charles III of Spain dies, and is succeeded by his son Charles IV. December – Robert Burns writes his version of the Scots poem Auld Lang Syne. Undated Annual British iron production reaches 68,000 tons. Births January 22 – George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, English poet (d. 1824) February 5 – Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850) February 10 – Johann