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• Anna Therese Glas, Ardooie
• Anne Therese Glas, Ardooie
• Antje Simondr Speets, Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1854)
• Adrianus Stokmans, Waalre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Gotink, Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Kwint (Quint), Haarlem
• Annigje Wormnest, Groningen († 1851)
• Antonie van de Steenoven, Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Joanna Clara Verhaeghe, Geluwe, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1864)
• Aafke Sikkes Doornbos, Westeremden, Groningen, Nederland († 1847)

• Carolus Josephus Adan (74), Geldenaken B
• Godeliva Godefroy, Ardooie, West Vlaanderen, België
• Andries Berents (1), Sebaldeburen
• Joannes CEULEMANS (77), Boom, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Damian Joan van Doorninck (48)
• Jacobus Cordeman (30), Meldert
• Damiaen Joan van Doorninck Mr. (46), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Jan Willems(en) van Egmont, Rheden,Gelderland,Nederland
• Caleb Beck (73), Schenectady, Albany, New York, United States
• Catharina Francisca De Schoesitter (3), Hamme

• 1742 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist († 1786)
• 1745 » Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer († 1818)
• 1748 » Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic († 1822)
• 1752 » Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer († 1813)
• 1779 » Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor († 1853)
• 1787 » John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower († 1865)
• 1806 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician († 1838)
• 1813 » Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist († 1885)
• 1837 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1915)
• 1842 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher († 1921)

• 1674 » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)
• 1706 » Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
• 1718 » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)
• 1761 » Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (b. 1675)
• 1793 » Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)
• 1798 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader

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)
• January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
• February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
• May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
• August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
• December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

The temperature on December 9, 1787 was about 4.0 °C.