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• Anna van Burink, Harderwijk
• Anna Magdalena van Elfrinkhoff, Amsterdam
• Aaron Olmstead, St John New Brunswick, Canada
• Adrianus van Rossum, Heukelum (G)
• Aaltjen Klaas Russcher, Rouveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1870)
• Ann Gentle, Fowlis Wester, Perth, SCT
• Albert Gerritsz van der Werf, Kampen, ov.nld
• Aaltjen Klaasen, NG Kerk Rouveen
• Adrianus Peeters, Loenhout
• Abraham van Dijk LZJB-6VS, Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1829)

• Hendrik Wisses (65), Tjalleberd
• Antonij Frank, Groenlo
• Elisabeth Gubbels (55), Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Reinierszn Schot (33)
• John Hurley (0), West Bagborough, Somerset, England, Great Britain
• Joseph Jacob Hellem
• Joseph MASSON (75), Chanteloup, 35150, France
• Lammert Luitjens (30), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Haijmeetman (59), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Herman Hoeufft (0), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands

• 1746 » William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar († 1794)
• 1765 » Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg († 1814)
• 1803 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author († 1870)
• 1809 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist († 1899)
• 1819 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher († 1885)
• 1821 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician († 1874)
• 1823 » Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator († 1889)
• 1824 » Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic († 1897)
• 1836 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock († 1910)
• 1838 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian national saint († 1918)

• 1687 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
• 1694 » Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
• 1702 » Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
• 1829 » Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
• 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)

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.
• 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 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
• 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.

The temperature on September 28, 1788 was about 12.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.