About the day » Sunday April 2, 1786Calender converter

• Aaltje Jans BEIJERING, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1825)
• Aaltje Wigbolts Bos, Garrelsweer, Groningen, Nederland († 1829)
• Aaltje Petronella Zuur, Papendrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Abraham Quist, Nieuw-Vossemeer († 1788)
• Aaltje Vooijs, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Abe Willems Hoekema (Aukema), Goënga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1828)
• Aafke Aljes van Leesten, Uithuizermeeden, Gemeente Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Soublet, Aalsmeer, Nederland
• Adam van der Sluijs, stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee) († 1822)
• Akke Pieters Oosten, Blankenham, Overijssel, Nederland

• Edmé Dominique Berryat (6), Courcelles, 58210, Francia
• Dympna van Tilborg (61), Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Ariaantje 's Gravesande (21)
• Jenneken Evers van Hulsteijn, Oosterbeek
• Coenraad (Jekuthiel) Simon-Cohen (73), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Françoise BROHEZ (84), Frameries,7080,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Christina Geltsligter (84), Utrecht
• Jenneken van Hulsteijn)
• Helen Lübben, Jaderlangstraße, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Claude Dugas (73), Assumption Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)
• 1805 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1875)
• 1814 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor († 1879)
• 1814 » Henry L. Benning, American general and judge († 1875)
• 1827 » William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter († 1910)
• 1835 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer († 1907)

• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)

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.
• September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
• November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
• 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 temperature on April 2, 1786 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.