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• Adriaan Pieterse Koole, Wissenkerke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1821)
• Aartje Hendriks Drost, Ermelo († 1858)
• Cornelia Erkelens, Oud-Alblas († 1788)
• Abraham van DANIEL ISRAEL RICARDO, Amsterdam († 1842)
• Antonie OUWERKERK, Emmikhoven († 1829)
• Casparus Mesman, Rotterdam († 1829)
• Arnoldus Assink, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1856)
• Anna Margaretha Christina Kesting-Albers († 1788)
• Anthonij Quist, Oud Vossemeer († 1847)
• anna cornelia Francken Franken, Bergen op Zoom, NL († 1857)

• Gerrit Jansen AANTJES (58), Ottoland, 6189, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerardus Meijlink (0), Op 4-2-1902 is hij veroordeeld tot 14 dagen gevangenisstraf wegens weder
• Antonetta (Antonia) Cornelia van der Borst (69), Breda
• Antoine Bonaventure DAUMERIE (59), Ghoy, 55012, Hainaut, Belgique
• Henrica Stockman, Waalre, Nederland
• Jacobus Poppelaers (60), Klein Zundert
• Annetje Meesdr. Kaptein (50), Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland
• Harm Takes (72), Zuidbroek
• Catharina Denecker (0), Woumen
• Ivo Lietaert (3), Izegem,, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1712 » Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general († 1759)
• 1724 » George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1807)
• 1792 » Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist, meteorologist, and geographer († 1876)
• 1812 » Berthold Auerbach, German poet and author († 1882)
• 1820 » John Tenniel, English illustrator († 1914)
• 1833 » Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal († 1913)
• 1840 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer († 1892)
• 1848 » Arthur Giry, French historian and academic († 1899)
• 1851 » Samuel W. McCall, American journalist and politician, 47th Governor of Massachusetts († 1923)
• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)

• 1648 » Christian IV of Denmark (b. 1577)
• 1786 » John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1725)
• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)

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. Catharina
6. Elisabeth
7. Joanna
8. Marie
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Jannetje
15. Adriana
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.
• June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
• 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.
• November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).

The temperature on February 28, 1786 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.