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• Arend Berkhof, Den Bommel († 1833)
• Charlotte van der Straten († 1854)
• Charlotte Maria Josepha Colette Hubertine Antoinette van der Straten-Wallay, Ohey, Namen, Wallonië († 1854)
• Antje Douwes Douwma, Goutum († 1874)
• Christianna Gangawere Brunner
• Adriana Linders, Berlicum († 1849)
• Catherine Leidy Fluck
• Anna van Rijckevorsel, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1862)
• Charlotte baronne van der Straten Waillet, à Ohey († 1854)
• Anna Marcelline Pierrette Clementine Ida van Cluzel († 1816)

• Corne(e)lis Jansz van den Born (86), Bennekom, Gemeente Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abigail Hall (79), Rhode Island
• Dirk Gobijn (0), Rotterdam
• Dirk Gobijn (0), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van den Born, Bennekom
• Cornelis Jansz van den Born (86), Bennekom
• Cornelis van den Born (86), Renkum
• Cornelis van der Manden, Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Janszoon van den Born (86), Bennekom, Ede, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Elisabeth Van Ostaeyen (75), Antwerpen

• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)
• 1820 » John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon († 1902)
• 1820 » Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States († 1889)
• 1822 » Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec († 1915)
• 1825 » Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, anatomist, and academic († 1895)

• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)
• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Joannes
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Adrianus
16. Arij

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Grietje
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Marie
15. Elizabeth
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)
• April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
• June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
• June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
• September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
• October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

The temperature on May 4, 1792 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.