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• Adrianus van Alfen, Rossum,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Catharina Pauwels, Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anneke de Bijl, DRIEL (Over-Betuwe), GD, NL († 1864)
• Aafje Koss Zwart, Egmond aan Zee, 1931, Nederland († 1831)
• Annigje Berends Hento, Giethoorn († 1855)
• Arentjan Arentzen, Ruurlo, Gemeente Berkelland, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1866)
• Adrianus van Alfen, Rossum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1840)
• Aafje Zwart, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1831)
• Arend Jan Arendsen, Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1866)
• Anna Maria De Mondt, Boom, Antwerpen, Belgie. akte

• Antony Lodewijk Daendels (72), Elburg,Gemeente Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Jans Stolk (42), Overschie
• Anna Maria Kluppel (49)
• Evert Mellink, Varsseveld
• Anna Kok (1), Schiedam
• Anthonij Lodewijk Daendels (72), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Guurtje Jacobdr Hoogland (0)
• Antje Jansdr (Anna) Stolwijk (42), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Cromvoort (41), Drunen
• Daniel Cappon (0), Biervliet

• 1747 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1792)
• 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
• 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
• 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
• 1813 » Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author († 1855)
• 1818 » Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist († 1883)
• 1826 » Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III († 1920)
• 1830 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company († 1906)
• 1832 » Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian († 1918)
• 1833 » Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic († 1905)

• 1705 » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 » Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 » Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Aaltje
8. Catharina
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Elizabeth
14. Antje
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
• January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).

The temperature on May 5, 1788 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder.