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• Augustinus Peijnenburg, Tilburg
• Anna Eva Ronk, Botetourt County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1875)
• Arie van Impelen, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Maria Taet, Moergestel
• Aimée Joseph Bernardine LELOIR, Cysoing,59830,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Berent Michels Burema, Eexta, Nederland († 1862)
• Annigje Klaasen van Haarst, Mastenbroek († 1856)
• Barbera van Veen, Nieuwland († 1824)
• Aafje Klase Kramer, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1855)
• Dirk Fieret, Scheveningen-Zuid-Holland-NL († 1868)

• Evertje Fokkes' Hubbeling (44), Enkhuizen
• Antonea van den Poels, Moergestel, 5066, Netherlands
• Agnes Pietersdr van der Plas (81), Noordwijk
• Georg Becker (5), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Geertrui Alenson│Alinse (84), Rijnsburg
• Eleazer Osborn (72), Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Joannes Adrianus Waltens (74), Temse
• Sebastianus (Christianus) Van Loon (60), Halsteren
• Claudine ANNEQUIN (76), Ruy,38300,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Ilsabe Sophie Dorothea von Bredow (65)

• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)
• 1822 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1912)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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. Catharina
8. Aaltje
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 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• 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.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
• 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.

The temperature on May 20, 1788 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.