About the day » Tuesday May 15, 1787Calender converter

• Cornelia Bastiaansdr Ruimschotel, Almkerk en Uitwijk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1848)
• Adrianus PRINCE, Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Alida ( Aaltje ) van Iterson, Rotterdam Zuid-Holand Nederland († 1870)
• Cornelia Ruimschotel, Almkerk en Uitwijk († 1848)
• Adriana Klaassen, Middelburg († 1836)
• Cornelis Verbiest, Sommelsdijk († 1830)
• Christina Carmany, Pennsylvania († 1874)
• Aaltjen PRINSEN, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1839)
• Carolus Brackenier, parochie Sint-Pietersbanden, Merelbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1790)
• Annigje Verrijp, maasdam (zuid holland) († 1849)

• Gerardus van Everding (72), Zevenbergen
• Jacob Popes (52), Hantumhuizen, Nederland
• Gijsbert Frans Peter Arnoud, molenaars Teulings (62), Nieuwkuijk,Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• François FAUVEAU (44), Deuil-la-Barre, 95197, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
• Geertrui Steenhouwer (43), Sandelingen Ambacht
• Elisabeth Inheestern (58), Groß Reken (D)
• Ann Kennon Eppes (71), Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
• Andre Francois Dupiere (0), Bruges Belgique
• Cornelis Jacobs De DEUGD (69), Zevenbergen
• 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)

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. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Trijntje
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Joanna
10. Marie
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
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)
• February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
• June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
• August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 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 May 15, 1787 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.