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May 23, 1786Born on Wednesday May 24, 1786
- Catharina Adelheid Kemper, Osnabrück (Duitsland) († 1866)
- Antie Eekes, Kimswerd, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1800)
- Antonij Masselink, Steenderen
- Cornelia van Amerongen, Linschoten († 1821)
- adélaïde florimone DAUBRESSE, Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
- Dorus Jans de Vries, Workum, Friesland, Nederland
- Benjamin Ze'ev Wolf David Tevle Lüsa, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1837)
- Derk Everts Nijland, Daarle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1788)
- Anna Catharina Dens, Mol, België († 1859)
- Clasina van de R(e)ijt, Tilburg († 1864)
Died on Wednesday May 24, 1786
- Anna Vleeming (0)
- Catharina Peeter SCHOOFS (82), Hoogeloon, 3766, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aagje Jansd. Buijl (43), Krommenie
- Arij Abrahamsz de Haan (23), Charlois
- Arij Abrahamsz de Haan (23), Charlois
- Adrieana de Groot, Delft, Oude Kerk
- Ariaantje Munnikendam, Lisse
- Catherine SIMON (93), Dalhem (Neufchâteau),4608,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
- Cornelia Arnouts van der Zanden (93), Scheveningen
- Hendrina van Padua (52), Berlicum NBR
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 24, 1786 at Delpher
Born on May 24
- 1743 » Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician († 1793)
- 1789 » Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
- 1794 » William Whewell, English priest and philosopher († 1866)
- 1803 » Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist († 1866)
- 1810 » Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar († 1874)
- 1816 » Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter († 1868)
- 1819 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom († 1901)
- 1830 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic († 1897)
- 1855 » Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright († 1934)
- 1861 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta († 1940)
Died on May 24
- 1734 » Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1792 » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
- 1806 » John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
- 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
- 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
- 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
- 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
- 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
- 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
- 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1786
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 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.
- August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
- November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
- December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
Weather May 24, 1786
The temperature on May 24, 1786 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder.