About the day » Sunday December 31, 1786Calender converter

• johannis dellius, amsterdam
• Anna Barbara Bisschops, Voerendaal,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aart Verhoef, Amersfoort († 1798)
• Albert Vrielink, Vriezenveen
• Anna Maria Adelheides Gehling, Stadlohn, Dld
• Anna Barbara Bisschops, Voerendaal
• Aaltjen Kerkkamp, Hoog-en Laag-Keppel († 1830)
• Aaltje Roelofsen (van de Peut), Voorthuizen, Nederland († 1866)
• Ann Mathews, Clodock and Longtown, Hereford, England
• Aagje Jacobsdr Swaan († 1787)

• Ferdinandus Nicolaus ASPESLAGH (66), Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Beatrix Sersale
• Anna Teunisse (72), Duiven (GL)
• Evertje Jans Quint (34), Doorn
• Elisabeth Hendriks Geijtenbeek (4), Amersfoort
• Geertjen Beerts (64)
• Hendrikje Luitsens Cleiterp (0), Bozum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Filipsze Kamhoofd (20)
• Hendrina van Idsinga (85), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes Craninx (78), Gelinden, België

• 1738 » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India († 1805)
• 1741 » Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic († 1794)
• 1763 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral († 1806)
• 1776 » Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist († 1832)
• 1798 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic († 1850)
• 1805 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author († 1876)
• 1815 » George Meade, American general and engineer († 1872)
• 1830 » Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and critic († 1867)
• 1830 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian ruler († 1895)
• 1833 » Hugh Nelson Scottish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland († 1906)

• 1705 » Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
• 1719 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
• 1730 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
• 1742 » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1775 » Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)

• 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 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
• August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
• August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
• December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

The temperature on December 31, 1786 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist.