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• Cornelia Maria Hogeboom, amsterdam
• Adrianus Nooijens, Etten-Leur,4870,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1842)
• Cornelis Willemse, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1843)
• Bruno de Francq, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• BERNADINA DE LEENHEER, ZELE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Arij Wildeman, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Cornelske Nannings, Westerwijtwerd,, Groningen, Nederland
• Aale van SLOOTEN, Nordhorn
• Anna Theresia De Meyere, Rumbeke,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Andreas GEYPEN, Mol, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1859)

• Erkje Vermeij, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johannes Schnaar (55)
• Anna Helena Sophia van Frankenberg-Ludwigsdorf (70)
• Adriaan(us) van der Vlies, Sliedrecht
• Joannes Baptist VERREYCKEN (20), Kontich,2550,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Bavo Cornelius Vergote (0), Poperinge,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• George Johnstone (57)
• Elizabeth Imhoff (79), Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Adrianus van der VLIES (42), Sliedrecht
• Herbert Putz (8), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)

• 1743 » Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician († 1793)
• 1789 » Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
• 1794 » William Whewell, English priest and philosopher († 1866)
• 1803 » Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist († 1866)
• 1810 » Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar († 1874)
• 1816 » Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter († 1868)
• 1819 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom († 1901)
• 1830 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic († 1897)
• 1855 » Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright († 1934)
• 1861 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta († 1940)

• 1734 » Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1792 » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
• 1806 » John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
• September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

The temperature on May 24, 1787 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken.