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• Anna Maria Leijs, Woensdrecht, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius (De Waal) Waal De, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1856)
• Anna Theodorus Smolders, Bladel († 1788)
• Antje Sipkes Osinga, Nes
• Anthonius de Wael, Wouw, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nl († 1856)
• Antonius De Waal, Wouw The Netherlands († 1856)
• Adriaan Wouters, Casteren, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1873)
• Anna Maria Aerts, Kontich, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1850)
• Adrianus Janssen, Meer, Belgium († 1852)
• Arie Verbraak, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1862)

• Francis Smariën (72), Tilburg, Nederland
• George Douglas WISE (0), Island, Accomack, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Carolina Detavenier (1), Wingene
• Franz Joseph Mader (3), unbekannt
• Anne Therese Decoodt (41), Zarren
• Freerkjen Eltjes Veen, Engelbert
• Elisabeth Catherine de la Rochefoucauld
• Age Hylckes Tromp (70), Woudsend, Friesland, Nederland
• Age Hylkes Tromp van Hettinga Tromp (70), Woudsend (Wymbritseradeel)
• Francis Smariën (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1748 » Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor († 1798)
• 1788 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1850)
• 1795 » Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist († 1871)
• 1804 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer († 1877)
• 1808 » Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet († 1885)
• 1810 » Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer († 1880)
• 1827 » Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician († 1889)
• 1837 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers († 1899)
• 1840 » Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun († 1916)
• 1840 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber († 1921)

• 1705 » Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635)
• 1751 » Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• 1754 » Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
• 1766 » Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1775 » Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)
• 1790 » William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
• 1807 » Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)

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 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 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• 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).
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

The temperature on February 5, 1788 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.