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April 16, 1786Born on Monday April 17, 1786
- Anna Sikkes, Loppersum
- Antje Pronk, Den Helder († 1806)
- Anna Elisabeth Vermeeren, Itteren († 1865)
- Aart Corneliss FLIER, VAN DE, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Lepper, Sinzig, Rheinlalnd, Prussia, Germany († 1834)
- Adrianus Cornelis Turelinckx (Tuerlinx), Tilburg
- Anna Elisabeth Vermeeren, Itteren, Limburg, Nederland († 1865)
- Alice SCADDING, Culmstock, Tiverton, Devon
- Arnoldus de Roon, Capelle, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- 55James Edgecomb
Died on Monday April 17, 1786
- catherine jh. SAMAIN (81), Quaregnon (Belgium) Hainaut
- Gerrit Bartsz. van der Velde, Wassenaar aangifte
- John Hockey (61), England
- Joanna Jorissen (76), Venray
- Laurentia Koninck (72), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Joannes van den Boorn, Heugem
- Jan Leenderts Steehouwer (33)
- Bartholomeus van der AA (47), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Elisabeth Neelneef (62), Oosterhout
- Johan Daniel Burghard Dierssen, Adorf
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 17, 1786 at Delpher
Born on April 17
- 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
- 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
- 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
- 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
- 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
- 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
- 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
- 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
- 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)
- 1833 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1900)
Died on April 17
- 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
- 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
- 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
- 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
- 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
- 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
- 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
- 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
- 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
- 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
Names that were popular for boys in 1786
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Jans
- Joseph
- Dirk
- Jean
- Klaas
Names that were popular for girls in 1786
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Marie
- Jans
- Joanna
- Neeltje
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Adriana
- Antje
- Aaltje
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1786
- 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 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
- August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
- 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).
- December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
The weather on Monday April 17, 1786
The temperature on April 17, 1786 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI