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• Aafje VAN BEZOOYEN, Agthoven († 1845)
• Aafje van Besoijen, Lexmond, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1844)
• Aart Barentze (Barendsz, Barendze) Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder), Bunschoten, Nederland († 1864)
• Aaltjen Weijer, Bathmen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1849)
• Adriana Giesestein, Rotterdam († 1799)
• Aart Hoogwoning, Rijnsburg
• Abraham Abrahamsz Hochepied, Baarn
• Albert Jans Assies, Een († 1850)
• Aaltje Danielsz. De Ruijter, Katwijk († 1858)
• Aaltje Jansdr de Ruijter, Katwijk aan den Rijn († 1858)

• Grietjen Jans Snijder (27), Blokzijl
• Annetje, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Joanna Catharina Vinck (0), Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Geert Jannes BIJMHOLT (11), Nieuwe (Boven) Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Potgieter (51), Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Grietjen Jans SNIJDER (27), Blokzijl
• Barbara Althaus (66), Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adriaan van der Vlies (42), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• Grietje Jans Snijder (27), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Schar, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)
• 1822 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1912)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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.
• September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
• October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
• December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on May 20, 1787 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.