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• Adriana SCHRAUWEN, Fijnaart,,PAYS BAS († 1788)
• Catharina Elisabeth Lehman de Lehnsfeld, Ravensteijn
• Alexander de Kuijper, Gorinchem († 1861)
• Cornelis Kruistingh Donkersloot, Hoornaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Cranenbroek, Budel
• Clasina Westerlaken, Bruchem
• CATHARINA MEGROEDT, MEERDONK,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Cornelia Jansdr. Stolk, Hendrik Ido Ambacht Z.H († 1853)
• Antje Bogaard, Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Unnick, Ginneken († 1789)

• Barbara "Gijsbert" Surewerts (Zuerwerts) (69), Tilburg
• (Anna) Barbara Sureweerts (69), Tilburg, 4272, Noord Brabant, NL
• Abraham Kloos (83), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Vincent (3), Swalmen
• Barbara Gijsbert Surewerts (69), Tilburg, Nederland
• Annetje Nederlof (19), Sliedrecht
• Arij Boekesteijn (1), unbekannt
• Cornelia Berckman (77), Opwijk, 1745, België
• Barbara Gijsbert Gijsberts Surewerts (Zuerwerts) (69), Tilburg
• Anna Elisabeth Nijs (33), Bilzen

• 1740 » Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general († 1814)
• 1748 » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher († 1793)
• 1763 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general († 1813)
• 1767 » Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia († 1820)
• 1774 » William Bainbridge, American commodore († 1833)
• 1787 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal († 1858)
• 1812 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright († 1889)
• 1833 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer († 1897)
• 1836 » Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1926)
• 1837 » Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer († 1875)

• 1718 » Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
• 1793 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
• 1800 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1805 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
• 1815 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
• 1825 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
• 1840 » Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)
• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)

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 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• 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.
• February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

The temperature on May 7, 1788 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.