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• Beitske Binderts, Wartena, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• CONSTANTINUS SCHACK, ASTENE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1789)
• Adriana de Vet, Hilvarenbeek († 1829)
• Cornelius DE KONINCK, Wortel,2323,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË († 1788)
• Bernard Pautler, Bremmelbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Antje Nannes Terpstra, Menaldumadeel († 1855)
• Antoine Dieudonné GREGOIRE, STAVELOT, Liège, Belgique
• Anna Theresia Lachat, Zarren, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1856)
• Adriana de Vet, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1829)
• Cornelis Antonius de Waal, Bergen op Zoom

• Heinrich Julius Wiederhold (63), Malakka
• Gerardus Verheggen (0), Swalmen
• arnoldus smarius (1)
• Jacobje van de Vlasakker (3), Amersfoort
• Adrianus Hendriksz Blikkenhorst (45), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Alexis Joseph de Lattre
• Elizabeth Dallicker (0), Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Elisabeth Beaujon (15), Curaçao
• Henrich Sassmannshausen (2), Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jacobus Abrahamse UIJL (44), St. Maartensdijk

• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)
• 1821 » Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist († 1897)
• 1835 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland († 1900)
• 1836 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet († 1923)

• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
• 1839 » Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)

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 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.
• March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on May 17, 1788 was about 14.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.