About the day » Thursday May 17, 1787Calender converter

• Ariaantje Kooijman, Giessen-Oudekerk
• Antje van der Meij, Rijnsburg
• Carl Christian Schmid, Heidenheim,Jagstkreis,Wuerttemberg
• Andries Neele, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Wijers, Schinveld,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Dwars, Wijhe,Gemeente Olst-Wijhe,Overijssel,Netherlands († 1848)
• Anna Elisabeth Doms, Wortel, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1862)
• Betie Sijmens Vos, Laren
• Barbe Jeanne Françoise EGGERMONT, Leuven,3000,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1846)
• Anna Catharina van der Waals, Leiden,,Netherlands († 1818)

• Gese Holtschulte (1), Holt und Haar, Bad Bentheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Jenneken Boesvelt op den Broil (46), Varsseveld
• Everdina Obbinks (Obbink Hobbink) (42), Ruurlo
• Floris Corneliszn Hartog (64), Sliedrecht
• Hedwig Eleonore van Thienen (64)
• Frederik Hermelink (71), Achterberg
• Jenneken Boesvelt\Broil\Bruil (46), Varsseveld
• Jan Nienhuis, Zwinderen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Hendrina Hengeveld (73), Dinxperlo
• Anna Petronella VERBEECK (79), Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)
• 1821 » Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist († 1897)
• 1835 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland († 1900)
• 1836 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet († 1923)

• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
• 1839 » Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Jacob
8. Joannes
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Klaas
13. Dirk
14. Jean
15. Adrianus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Trijntje
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Joanna
9. Adriana
10. Marie
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
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)
• February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
• May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
• August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on May 17, 1787 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder.