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• Aafje Ebink, Steenwijk
• "Reijnoutje" Biemsdr Vlaming, Oosterend (Texel) († 1878)
• Aaltje Gabbes Sterenberg, Hoogezand († 1849)
• Albert Hendriks van der Jagt, Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1869)
• Abraham van Telligen, Kalslagen († 1835)
• Alida van Leeuwen, Leiden († 1822)
• Andries van Barneveld, Amsterdam (noord-holland) († 1849)
• Adriana van Gemert, Druten,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1853)
• Abraham van TELLINGEN, Kalslagen († 1835)
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• Gerrit Leenderts VISSER (6)
• Cornelia Stichter (68), Montfoort
• Crijna HOCKE (35), Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Nederland
• Daniel Schneider (23), Balde, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Barent Johannes Hartevelt (Harteveld) (77), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Dirske Andriesdr GROENEVELD (93), Emmikhoven, Hollande
• Ambrosius de Jonghe (60), Oekene B
• Adriana Ariesd Van Der STELT (37)
• Gertrudis Pasteleus (66), Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgie
• Engelina (Engelberta) van Dieren (53), Ellecom Dieren

• 1755 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter († 1842)
• 1786 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land († 1847)
• 1800 » George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician († 1888)
• 1808 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior († 1864)
• 1821 » Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter († 1893)
• 1823 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic († 1852)
• 1826 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician († 1891)
• 1827 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller († 1879)
• 1834 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant († 1862)
• 1839 » Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy († 1908)

• 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
• 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
• 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
• 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)

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. Marie
8. Joanna
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
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)
• January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
• 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.
• June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
• 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.

The temperature on April 16, 1786 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder.