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• Adriana Bierens, Sint Maartensdijk (inschrijving) († 1865)
• Abraham Hogewoning († 1841)
• Alida Adriana Jans Zwens (Swens), Rotterdam († 1863)
• Anne Simons Swart, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobdr Broersen, Veenhuizen, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• (2) Pieter Gerritsz de Lange, Grosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1839)
• Adriana Pietersd SNOEK, Puttershoek
• Anna Catharina Senders, Meerveldhoven, Nederland († 1847)
• Adrianus Jansz Omes, Alblasserdam, zh.nld († 1844)
• Adriana Snoek, puttershoek (zuid holland) († 1872)

• Jeanne Marguerite CRESPIN (22), Flémalle-Grande, 4400, Liège, Belgique
• Jacobus Ubachs (0), Bunde, Meerssen
• Johanna Brans (37)
• Geertje Jansen Schut (75), Beekbergen
• Anna Maria Josepha Cornelia Plum (Plaum, Ploum) (0), Eygelshoven, Nederland
• Anneke Jansd SCHRIEK (51), Sleeuwijk
• Adriana Pietersd SNOEK (1)
• Dorothea van Mol (28), Oostmalle (B.)
• Joanna Brands (37)
• Jacomijntje Dane (4)

• 1740 » Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general († 1814)
• 1748 » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher († 1793)
• 1763 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general († 1813)
• 1767 » Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia († 1820)
• 1774 » William Bainbridge, American commodore († 1833)
• 1787 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal († 1858)
• 1812 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright († 1889)
• 1833 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer († 1897)
• 1836 » Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1926)
• 1837 » Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer († 1875)

• 1718 » Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
• 1793 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
• 1800 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1805 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
• 1815 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
• 1825 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
• 1840 » Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)
• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
• December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

The temperature on May 7, 1786 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken.