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• Cecile Genovieve Vandecasteele, Gistel
• Adriana Klaasse(n), Middelburg († 1836)
• Carolus Brackenier, parochie Sint-Pietersbanden, Merelbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1790)
• Christina van den Heuvel, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Carmany, Pennsylvania († 1874)
• Aaltjen PRINSEN, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1839)
• Anna Barbara Jaegers, Teveren
• Aart Kuik Hamel, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Prinsen, Avereest († 1839)
• Aafke Cuperus, Joure, Friesland, Nederland († 1818)

• Gerardus van Everdinck (Everdinge, Evertinck) (72), Zevenbergen
• Geertruij Pietersdr Steenhouwer (44), Sandelingen-Ambacht
• Jacob Popes (52), Hantumhuizen, Nederland
• Dirk MENS (3), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertrui Steenhouwer (43), Sandelingen Ambacht
• Arnoldus JEUGMANS, Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• David Salomon Hamburger (57), Amsterdam, N-H. Netherlands
• Barbara WIJNEN (44), Waltwilder, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België
• Hendrina Willem Smits (59), Budel
• Adrianus Uydens (77), Rijkevorsel

• 1749 » Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General († 1820)
• 1759 » Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer († 1824)
• 1770 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician († 1843)
• 1773 » Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire († 1859)
• 1786 » Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician († 1864)
• 1803 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) († 1869)
• 1805 » Samuel Carter, Early English railway solicitor and MP († 1878)
• 1808 » Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor († 1870)
• 1817 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author († 1905)
• 1841 » Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist († 1912)

• 1698 » Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
• 1699 » Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)
• 1700 » John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
• 1740 » Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)
• 1773 » Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)

• 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)
• February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
• 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'.
• July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
• August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on May 15, 1787 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.