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• Cornelisje Gaarts, Hall (Brummen) († 1858)
• Albrecht van Steiger-Münsingen, Amsterdam († 1866)
• Anna, Maria Gausmann, Gellenbeck, Hagen a.T.W., Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1788)
• Adriana van Rijsingen, Zeelst
• Befke (Betje) Burman, Franeker († 1867)
• Anna Catharina Weusten, Schimmert,6333,Beekdaelen,Limburg,Nederland († 1788)
• Anna Catharina Weusten, Schimmert, Nuth († 1788)
• Cornelisje Gaarts, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1858)
• Carolus Josephus Kuckulus, Amsterdam
• Ann Mains, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1849)

• Christiana Augustina Groß (0), Schwarzbach, Sachsen
• Cornelius Franciscus Meyvis (68), Made, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elizabeth Gravendijk (81), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna 'Israel' PEZARO (44), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Edmund Quincy (85), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia van Stralen (57), Den Haag
• Anna Maria JORG (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Elisabeth Theodori CRANENBROECK (65), Gemert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clara Susanna Bolik (0), Jaroniów (Baborów, Gmina Baborów, Powiat Głubczycki, Województwo Opolskie)
• Hubertus de Graaff (66), Den Haag

• 1729 » George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician († 1819)
• 1753 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight († 1809)
• 1790 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor († 1866)
• 1799 » Oscar I of Sweden († 1859)
• 1804 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer († 1864)
• 1807 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician († 1882)
• 1816 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club whisky († 1899)
• 1826 » Stephen Foster, American songwriter and composer († 1864)
• 1842 » Hermann Cohen, German philosopher († 1918)
• 1845 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian († 1905)

• 1742 » Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
• 1754 » Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680)
• 1761 » Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689)
• 1780 » Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
• 1787 » Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
• 1821 » Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1826 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1826 » Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
• 1831 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1848 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)

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 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 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 July 4, 1788 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.