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April 22, 1786Born on Sunday April 23, 1786
- Adrianus Kooiman, Heerjansdam († 1861)
- Aaltje van Ginkel, Maarsbergen, Utrecht, Nederland
- Aaltje Berends Drenth, Windeweer (Hoogezand) († 1839)
- Adriana van Zoest, Lekkerkerk († 1827)
- Adriana Christiaans Koot, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, NL
- Aaltje Bouwens, Oterleek († 1857)
- Abigail Worrall, Middletown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Aagje Pieters' Bakker, Purmerend († 1817)
- Adrianus Kooijman, heerjansdam (zuid holland) († 1861)
- Adriaantje Nadrom, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1827)
Died on Sunday April 23, 1786
- Abraham Alexander (68), Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
- Jan Pietersz Langedijk (74), Abbekerk
- Guurtje Klooker (21), Westzaan
- Adriaan Klok, Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Gijsbert van Krimpen (63), Bleskensgraaf
- Baukjen Jans (Bartha) de Vos (55), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Catharina van den Broek (71), Bakel, Nbr.NL
- Gijsbert Claasz van Krimpen (63), Bleskensgraaf, zh.nld
- Elsjen van den Berg, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
- Catharina Cecilia Stevelynck (39), Zarren, Kortemark, Flandre-Occidentale, Flandre, Belgique
Born on April 23
- 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
- 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
- 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
- 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)
- 1805 » Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
- 1812 » Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
- 1813 » Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar († 1853)
- 1813 » Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State († 1861)
- 1818 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor († 1894)
- 1819 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1901)
Died on April 23
- 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
- 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
- 1781 » James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
- 1784 » Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
- 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
- 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
- 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
- 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
- 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
- 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
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.
- 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 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
- August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
- 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 weather on Sunday April 23, 1786
The temperature on April 23, 1786 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI