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• Appolonia Waterreus, Scheveningen
• Appolonia Waterreus, Scheveningen, Nederland († 1810)
• Abraham Transou, Williams, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1864)
• Barthelomeus Werk, Tiel († 1847)
• Angenetta van Leeuwen, Rotterdam († 1857)
• ANNA CAROLINA GEERTS, HAASDONK,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1863)
• Akke (Aukje) Martens van der Woude, Anjum († 1864)
• Aukje Martens van der Woude, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Poker, Sustrum, NIE, Duitsland († 1786)
• Anna Catharina Lomme, Hontenisse,Kloosterzande († 1860)

• Joanna Maria Dhaenens (42), Grammene, 9800, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriana Petrus ENGELEN (50), Bergeijk, 3314, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrik Brandenburg (41)
• Anna Cornelia Verbessem (22), Zandvliet,B
• Anna Charlotte Brune (36), Halle (Westfalen), Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Karoline Josepha VON BRETZENHEIM (18)
• Jean Jacques Dullier (63), Ransart, Hainaut, Belgique
• Joannes Baptiste DE VOS (71), Etikhove,9680,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Hendriks Jans Pen (41), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Hendrik Heuvelman (78)

• 1748 » Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar († 1833)
• 1755 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist († 1836)
• 1759 » Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist († 1797)
• 1788 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer († 1863)
• 1791 » Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code († 1872)
• 1812 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer († 1883)
• 1812 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician († 1886)
• 1820 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1903)
• 1822 » Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States († 1885)
• 1840 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator († 1911)

• 1694 » John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
• 1695 » John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640)
• 1702 » Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651)
• 1782 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)
• 1813 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)

• 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)
• 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 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.
• August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

The temperature on April 27, 1786 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken.