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• Anne Marie LEHE, Illfurth, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Catharina Suzanne Gilberdingen, Amsterdam († 1858)
• Anna Maria Peters, Venraij, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Joseph van der Marck, Gemert
• Baltus Hendriks Klaver, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Dupont († 1865)
• Biense Tammes Cijffers, Akkerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1872)
• Cornelia van Baren, Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland († 1835)
• Catharina Suzanna van Golberdinge, Amsterdam († 1858)
• Anthony Caspers, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland

• Christine NOËL (67), Berloz, 4257, Liège, Belgique
• Catharina Jacobi Stoffels (72), essen, België
• Geertie Roelofs GOUDSTEEN (50), Westzaandam
• Anne Catharine DE HANDSCHUTTER (51), Pepingen
• Grietje Hendriksdochter KRIKKE (0), Giethoorn, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina jacobi Stoffels, Essen
• Catharina Kloppenburg (4), Huissen
• Grietje Hendriks Krikke (0), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Grada Bloemink (2), Beekbergen
• Friderica Valentijns van Gunter (83), Amersfoort

• 1746 » Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader († 1805)
• 1766 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric († 1843)
• 1796 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist († 1877)
• 1800 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer († 1860)
• 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
• 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
• 1816 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist († 1895)
• 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)
• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)
• 1856 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic († 1894)

• 1689 » Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
• 1720 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
• 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
• 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
• 1785 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)

• 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 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.
• May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
• June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
• September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
• October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

The temperature on December 29, 1787 was about 0.0 °C.