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• Adriana van den Hoogt, Alblasserdam († 1835)
• Albertien Jannes Schuiling, Vries († 1866)
• Aart van Asch, Ravenswaaij († 1847)
• Adriana Verdaas, Oosterhout († 1846)
• Cornelia Verhoef, De Kwakel († 1827)
• Albertus Geerts Hoff, Loppersum († 1849)
• Adriana Andries Verdaas, Oosterhout, NB, Nederland
• Adriana Jans van der Hoogt, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Schellevis, Sommelsdijk († 1844)
• Abram Schellevis, sommelsdijk (goeree overflakkee) († 1844)

• Joannes Baptiste ( Lauwagie ) Louage (24), Gravelines Frankrijk
• Baaltje Jans Breen (58), Ouddorp (Z.H.)
• Alletinus Nieuwkoop (2)
• Jannetje Alberts Versluijs (5)
• Carolus GELDOF (5), Hooglede Belgie
• Jannetje Ariens (33), Stoutenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Joannes Baptiste Lauwagie (24)
• Helena Schulte (77)
• Joannes Baptista Vertommen (77)
• Johanna Bax (0), Oeffelt

• 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
• 1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
• 1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
• 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
• 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)
• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
• 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)

• 1679 » William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
• 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
• 1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)

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 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• 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.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

The temperature on October 12, 1788 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder.