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• Anna Claasen, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Meijer, Alkemade († 1863)
• Aagje Schouten, Lambertschaag († 1787)
• Anna Elisabeth Muris, Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Akke Jochums MEESTER, Aldehaske (Oudehaske), Haskerlân, Skarsterlân, De Fryske Marren, Fryslân, Nederland († 1820)
• Anna Gertrudis Gielen, Ophoven
• Albert Klazes Feenstra, Garijp, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1846)
• Anna, Catharina de Coster, Deurne († 1845)
• Stultjes, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christiaansdr Meijer, Nieuwe Wetering († 1863)

• Arnoldus Stephanus Wilhelmus, Maastricht
• Elisabeth Spies (56), Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Commer Ariensz Capel, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• IJman Yman Iman Suermondt (Suurmond) (45), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard BAYLE (3), Ger (64)
• Aagje Brouwer (1)
• Geertje Kluppel (60), Vaassen
• Franciscus van GEEL (0), Stabroek, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Margarita Sol (32), Hulsel
• """Johann""" Peter Wültgens (49), Eschweiler

• 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
• 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
• 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
• 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
• 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
• 1790 » Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist († 1874)
• 1801 » Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel († 1854)
• 1808 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist († 1875)
• 1819 » Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism († 1850)*1822 - Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge († 1896)
• 1832 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist († 1894)

• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)

• 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 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
• January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
• February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
• July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
• September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on October 20, 1787 was about 8.0 °C.