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• Anna Louise Modder, Leiderdorp
• Anna Franses, Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• Ana Madeira, Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Anna Vercauteren, Sinaai-Waas
• Adriana Bontenbal, ,,, Zevenhuizen († 1865)
• Aaltje Hermens Groenewout, NG Kerk Vollenhove
• Abraham Padding, Hoogeveen
• Adrianus Versleeg, Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1874)
• Adriana Leenderse Kister, Nieuwerkerk († 1863)
• Anna de Jong, Nootdorp, Nederland († 1844)

• Aartje Claassen, Voorthuizen
• Marguerite Depeyre (42), Montpezat-de-Quercy, 82270, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• Hindrik Lubbes Wijma (47), Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Arentje Jansd REEHORST (2)
• Maria Pietersd Van Es (3)
• Derk Hendrik te Velde (42)
• Maria Pietersd Van ES (3)
• Adrianus JANSEGERS (0), Hingene,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Gummarus Danckers (62), Halsteren
• Elizabeth Winslow (42), Falmouth, Cumberland County, ME

• 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
• 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
• 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
• 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
• 1830 » Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1915)
• 1831 » John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola († 1888)
• 1836 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1914)
• 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
• 1838 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company († 1917)
• 1839 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company († 1937)

• 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
• 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
• 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
• 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
• 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)

• 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 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on July 8, 1787 was about 18.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken.