About the day » Sunday May 6, 1787Calender converter

• Aaldert Dirksz van Amerongen, Overlangbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Harms Hagedoorn, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aatgje (Heiltje) Schraver, Zonnemaire († 1844)
• Aagje Schraver, Zonnemaire († 1844)
• Aaldert van Amerongen, Overlangbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1826)
• Adriana LEVERING, Heerjansdam, Zwijndrecht, 6357, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1849)
• Adrianus de l' Ecluse, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Schuilenberg, Holwierde († 1870)
• Aaltje Ariensd Schouten, Wieringerwaard, nh.nld
• Abram den Heldt, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1806)

• Carolina van Oranje Nassau (44), Kirchheim Bolanden
• Adriana VOLCKRICK (59), Hulsterambacht, Klein-Hengstdijkpolder
• Carolina van Oranje Nassau (44), Kirchheimbolanden, Rijnland-Palts, Duitsland
• Carolina Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau (44), Kirchheimbolanden, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Caroline des Pays-Bas (44)
• Agnees PONINGH (71), Opijnen, 1726, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Volckrijck (59), Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Carolina van Oranje-Nassau-Dietz (44), Kirchheimbolanden, Pfalz, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Jossa (Joussart) (0), Mielen-Boven-Aalst
• Dorothea Riedesel (0), Wunderthausen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1742 » Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist († 1809)
• 1758 » André Masséna, French general († 1817)
• 1758 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1824)
• 1769 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1781 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author († 1832)
• 1797 » Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer († 1882)
• 1800 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general († 1881)
• 1827 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician († 1891)
• 1836 » Max Eyth, German engineer and author († 1906)

• 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1782 » Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)

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.
• May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

The temperature on May 6, 1787 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.