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• Annigjen Pieters de Groot, Luinjeberd, Friesland, Netherlands († 1855)
• Annigje de Groot, Aengwirden († 1855)
• Antonius VAN OPSTAL, Rijen,,PAYS BAS († 1847)
• Anna 'Maria' FANNES, Linden († 1844)
• Anna Catharina Borgerhoff, Dilsen, Graafschap Loon, Prinsbisdom Luik († 1827)
• Adriaan Berman, ,, Dreischor, Nederland († 1857)
• Aletta de Groot, Utrecht, UTR, Nederland
• 12212 Jenneken Gerrits Nijmeijer, Rijssen († 1858)
• Alexander Sandy McNab, Sr, Cardross, Dumbartonshire, Scotland († 1851)
• Annigjen Pieters de Groot († 1855)

• Julien MORDANT, , Maure-de-Bretagne, 35330, France
• Andreas Geypen (60), Balen
• Charles Joseph Laneau (Lanneau - Lagniau) (58), Ath
• Francois Xavier Fortin Bellefontaine (84), Baie-Saint-Paul, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
• jeanne marie elisabeth de richemont (1), amsterdam, noord holland, nederland
• Elisabeth Speelpenning (32), Heenvliet
• Johann Hinrich von Boeckmann (born von Böckmann) (75), Schönfeld, Mühlen-Eixen, Mecklenburg, Germany
• Anne DURLIAT (58), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Arij Jillisz WAALBOER (56), 's-Gravendeel
• Etienne BARREAU (75), , Châteauneuf, 85710, France

• 1751 » Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator († 1829)
• 1774 » Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer († 1842)
• 1779 » Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician († 1865)
• 1785 » Carlo Odescalchi, Italian cardinal († 1841)
• 1794 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer († 1872)
• 1794 » Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist († 1870)
• 1800 » Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher († 1875)
• 1814 » Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian and academic († 1889)
• 1815 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago († 1888)
• 1817 » Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist, academic, and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs († 1894)

• 1695 » Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
• 1726 » Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
• 1770 » Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
• 1778 » Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
• 1815 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
• 1827 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
• 1827 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1829 » John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)

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.
• February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on March 5, 1788 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.