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• "Charlotte" Amélie Guillemette Sophie de Rancher, Paris
• Anneken Jacobs Bax, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Iersel, Alphen († 1832)
• Annigje de Jong, Kamerik, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1817)
• Arend Jan Hilhorst, Gelselaar (Borculo) († 1860)
• Anna Maria Helmig, Beesten, Duitsland
• Anna Maria van Baaren, Utrecht († 1865)
• Andries Van Gijsel, Elewijt, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium († 1787)
• Catharina Elisabeth Wijers, Schinveld,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arij Pietersz Vermeulen, Piershil († 1867)

• Floris Corneliszn Hartog (64), Sliedrecht
• Jan Meinderts Smit (42), Borgsweer
• Gerardus Jenten, Tongelre
• Anna Dorothea Pretorius b3c1d8 (33), Cape, South Africa
• Everdina Obbinks (Obbink Hobbink) (42), Ruurlo
• Jenneken Bruil (46), Varsseveld
• Bastiaan Neeleman (3), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christian Meyer (82), Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Floris Corneliszn Hartog (64), Sliedrecht
• Anna Hartog van Embden (58), Amsterdam

• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)
• 1821 » Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist († 1897)
• 1835 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland († 1900)
• 1836 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet († 1923)

• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
• 1839 » Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)

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)
• January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
• 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'.
• 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.
• September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.

The temperature on May 17, 1787 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder.