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• Antonia van der Wijden, Made en Drimmelen
• Aaltjen Gerrits Voorhorst, Terwolde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van Vliet, Akersloot († 1828)
• Ary Abrahamse Deurloo, Oud-Vossemeer
• Anna Elisabeth Schuppen, Mechelen
• Andreas Raeijmaekers, St. Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hornof, Lubna 19 († 1807)
• Anna Gomes Serrao, San Antonio, Madeira
• Aaltjen Voorhorst, Terwolde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Cornelisse Slootmaker, Noordgouwe

• Geertrui Engberts Woolderik (58), Verwolde (Laren Gld.)
• Anna Maria Peeters (38), Nijlen, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Berent Everts Olthof (62), Groningen, Nederland
• Dirkje BREDIUS (26), Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hendrik Garritsen (1), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augustus Carolus Streur (84), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Jacoba Geiregat (39), Nazareth
• Catharina van Overzee (83)
• Cornelia van Krugten Krughten (35), Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustus Carolus Antonsz Streur (83), 's-Gravenhage

• 1749 » Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General († 1820)
• 1759 » Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer († 1824)
• 1770 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician († 1843)
• 1773 » Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire († 1859)
• 1786 » Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician († 1864)
• 1803 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) († 1869)
• 1805 » Samuel Carter, Early English railway solicitor and MP († 1878)
• 1808 » Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor († 1870)
• 1817 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author († 1905)
• 1841 » Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist († 1912)

• 1698 » Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
• 1699 » Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)
• 1700 » John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
• 1740 » Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)
• 1773 » Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Marie
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Adriana
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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)
• May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
• June 10 » A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
• August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
• August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

The temperature on May 15, 1786 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.