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• Cornelis Sluijs, Midwoud, Nederland († 1879)
• Coleta Everaert, Kemzeke († 1828)
• Aafke Arjens, Marrum
• Antonij van Dijk, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• anne gertrude gerardts, thorn
• Antonius Raeymaekers, Schriek
• Antonij Jakops van Dijk, Monster
• Anna Maria Alida Upheus, Schapen, Pruisen († 1855)
• Aale Gemmen, Veldhausen, Neuenhaus, Nedersaksen, Duitsland († 1849)
• Catharina (Katrijntje) Noorlander, Overschie († 1846)

• Jacob Ulferts Wiersum (0), Eenrum
• Madeleine JUEN (0), Bendorf (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Andrea Arensdorf (68), Capellen,Mamer,Luxemburg
• John Walbridge (71), Litton Cheney, Dorset, Kingdom of England
• Arend Leendertsz Drogendijk (Droogendijk) (72), Oostvoorne
• Evert van Mossel (71), Wageningen, Geld., Neth
• Louisa Kamphoven, Leiden
• Hermann Dickel (70), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Hieronymus Joseph Andreas Ceschi a Santa Croce (56), Innsbruck, Autriche
• Isabelle Helena de La Biestrate (70), Antwerpen

• 1744 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic († 1819)
• 1760 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal († 1831)
• 1765 » Nancy Storace, English soprano († 1817)
• 1782 » Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer († 1840)
• 1806 » Juan Seguín, American colonel, judge, and politician, 101st Mayor of San Antonio († 1890)
• 1811 » Isaac Singer, American actor and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation († 1875)
• 1811 » Stevens T. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan († 1843)
• 1814 » Daniel H. Wells, American religious leader and politician, 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City († 1891)
• 1838 » John Davis Long, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1915)
• 1842 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy († 1928)

• 1652 » Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1611)
• 1666 » Robert Hubert, French watchmaker (b. 1640)
• 1670 » Vavasor Powell, Welsh minister (b. 1617)
• 1674 » Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic minister and poet (b. 1614)
• 1675 » Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
• 1789 » John Cook, American farmer and politician, 6th Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
• 1812 » Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)
• 1816 » Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1761)
• 1880 » Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

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. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Trijntje
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Joanna
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.
• 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.
• August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

The temperature on October 27, 1787 was about 9.0 °C.