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.Frank Fletcher Stephens, The Transitional Period, 1788–1789, in the Government of the United States (University of Missouri Press, 1909) pp17-18 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.Robert Huish, Memoirs of George the Fourth: Descriptive of the Most Interesting Scenes of His Private and Public Life, and the Important Events of His Memorable Reign (Thomas Kelly Publishers, 1830) p195 November 25 – Fifty consecutive days of temperatures below freezing strike France, a record that will be unbroken more than 200 years later.David Andress, The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2015) 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.
October–December October 1 – William Brodie is hanged at the Tolbooth in Edinburgh. October 21 – The 14th and last session of t?he Continental Congress and (the 6th as Congress under th.e Articles of Confederation) is adjourne.d. 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.Frank Fletcher Stephens, The Transitional Period, 1788–1789, in the Government of the United States (University of Missouri Press, 1909) pp17-18 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 for?mal 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.Robert Huish, Memoirs of George the Fourth: Descriptive of the Most Interesting Scenes of His Private and Public Life, and the Important Events of His Memorable Reign (Thomas Kelly Publishers, 1830) p195 November 25 – Fifty consecutive days of temperatures below freezing strike France, a record that will be unbroken more than 200 years later.David Andress, The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2015) 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.