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• Barbara Verhoeven, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1875)
• Ann Hilborn, Wrightstown, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA
• († 1867)
• Anna (Meyer) Moyer († 1819)
• Barbara Jacoba VANDENBROELE, Bredene, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Benjamin Roelofsen, Velp
• Anton Wessel Boomkamp, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Abram van de GROEP († 1864)
• Anna Maria Weihler († 1874)
• Barbara HEMERYCK, Gits Belgie († 1859)

• Cornelia Catharina Thorotera Doutz, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Bonne Buisson (79), Réville, 50433, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
• Elizabet den Hamer, Zaamslag
• Elisabetha Johanna Süsskind
• Cornelis van den Bor (0), Nijkerk
• Charles Joseph HOURIER (51), Iwuy,59141,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Aenikje (51), Barneveld-Zwartebroek
• Christine Hendrickx, Boxmeer (Boxmeer) (Noord-Brabant)
• Henriette Linsen (Linkens), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnoldus Verheij (57), Doetinchem, GD, Nederland

• 1713 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic († 1786)
• 1777 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman († 1849)
• 1795 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic († 1881)
• 1798 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France († 1881)
• 1817 » Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author († 1845)
• 1835 » Samuel Butler, English author and critic († 1902)
• 1844 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1914)
• 1861 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland († 1922)
• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)

• 1680 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)

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. John

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Trijntje
6. Catharina
7. Joanna
8. Adriana
9. Elisabeth
10. Marie
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Neeltje
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.
• 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.
• 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 December 4, 1787 was about 4.0 °C.