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• Barber ter Stege, Maastricht
• Anna Harmenz Reijn, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1834)
• Antoine DELETANG, Channay-sur-Lathan, 37330, France
• Agida Buise van Velzen, Katwijk aan Zee
• Anna Harmensz REIJN, Hilversum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1834)
• Bernardus Couck, Denderleeuw
• Christiaan Johan Anthonie Graaf van Attems-Heiligenkreuz, Hirrlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg († 1862)
• Anna Maria Bartholeyns, Wellen, België († 1823)
• Barber van der Steege, Maastricht, L. Nederland
• Anna Elizabetha Meinhardt, Neuweidermus

• Heimerik Nuyen (0), Wiessel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Huibertje van Riemsdijk (83), Ophemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Barthen (73), Oud-Maarsseveen, Nederland
• Arij van Eeden (76), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jantje Harms (47)
• Catharina SELS (50), Kasterlee
• Joanna Barend Valck (43), Amsterdam
• David Colderman (2), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Anna Catharina Barten (60), Oud Maarsseveen, Maarssen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Hendrik Kea (46), Weesp, N-H., Nederland

• 1723 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer († 1787)
• 1765 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic († 1825)
• 1799 » Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist († 1864)
• 1805 » John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist († 1893)
• 1807 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic († 1873)
• 1819 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor († 1870)
• 1819 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic († 1892)
• 1839 » John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician († 1917)
• 1850 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican general and politician, 35th President of Mexico († 1916)
• 1853 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1917)

• 1681 » Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)
• 1767 » John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
• 1806 » William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)

• 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)
• May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
• 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.
• September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
• December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on December 22, 1787 was about 0.0 °C.