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• Aaltje Hannes de Bruin, Steenwijk († 1853)
• Aaltien de Bruin, Steenwijkerwold († 1853)
• Aalt Jacobus Prins, Kampereiland, Kampen, Nederland († 1850)
• Aart van Vugt, Woudrichem
• Adriaan Adriaansz. Bezemer, Zwijndrecht
• Aagje Eriks, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1846)
• Aart Fukkink, Driebergen († 1855)
• Aagje Ariens ERIKS, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1846)
• Adriana Maria Ruijssenaars, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1857)
• Alexandre Joseph Bernard, Epinoy, Pas de Calais, Frankreich

• Louise Marie de BOURBON , Vénérable Louise de France (50)
• Claire WICK, Wihr-au-Val, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Louise Marie van Frankrijk (50), St. Denis, Seine, France
• Catarina Elisabeth Smeets (3), Berg aan de Maas (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Margaret Stobbs (75), Durham, England
• Judith Benjamin, Amsterdam, Holland
• Louise de France (Bourbon) (50), Convent of Saint-Denis
• Louise de France (50), Saint-Denis, 93066, France
• Dijmphna Buijsmans (67), Bilzen (België)
• Louise Maria van Frankrijk (50), St. Denis

• 1766 » Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist († 1852)
• 1777 » Alexander I of Russia († 1825)
• 1790 » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar († 1832)
• 1793 » Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan († 1863)
• 1804 » Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic († 1869)
• 1805 » Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement († 1844)
• 1807 » Anthony Mary Claret, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary († 1870)
• 1810 » Edward Blyth, English zoologist († 1873)
• 1810 » Karl Richard Lepsius, German Egyptologist († 1884)
• 1812 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author († 1904)

• 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 » Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)

• 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.
• September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• 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.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on December 23, 1787 was about -2.0 °C.