About the day » Wednesday May 9, 1787Calender converter

• Eijsbrand RIETHAGEN, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1848)
• Benjamin Knight, Roche, Cornwall, England († 1846)
• Aleida Willemina Prinsen, Dinxperlo (De Heurne) († 1839)
• Berend Jansen Halmboom, Ermelo († 1843)
• Aaltje Willems Kamphuis, Vierhouten, Elspeet († 1871)
• Emme Metskes Tuinstra, Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1818)
• Anna Cornelia HAPERS, Zondereigen,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1841)
• Dirk Jansz. Tettero, Berkel († 1819)
• Engelina (Engele) Vaarhorst (Phaarhorst), Ambt Delden († 1862)
• Cornelia Witlox, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Klazes Bartsma (0), Britswerd, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Angenietje Verhagen (37), Leiden
• Cornelis Ariesz Schaap (53)
• Catharina Daeme, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arij Boeren, Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Jean Baptiste Jauffred (61), ( Rousse ) Uvernet-Fours
• Adrianus Willebrordi Clomp (Klomp) (72), Gemonde, NL
• Cornelis Grimmelikhuijsen (16), Utrecht, UTR, Nederland
• Anna Maria Klingen (2)
• Arij Boeren (67), Fijnaart en Heijningen

• 1740 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)
• 1746 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer († 1818)
• 1763 » János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author († 1845)
• 1800 » John Brown, American activist († 1859)
• 1801 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood († 1866)
• 1814 » John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright († 1880)
• 1823 » Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1824 » Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author († 1896)
• 1825 » James Collinson, Victorian painter († 1881)
• 1836 » Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart († 1912)

• 1736 » Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
• 1745 » Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
• 1747 » John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
• 1760 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
• 1789 » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
• 1790 » William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
• 1791 » Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
• 1805 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)

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.
• September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• 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 9, 1787 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken.