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• Anna Maria van Beurden, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1858)
• Charles Joseph Louis Vandaele, Klerken († 1859)
• Aernouts Anna, Loenhout, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana van Rijn, Rotterdam († 1870)
• Adriana Johannisd Van De GRAAF, Puttershoek († 1879)
• Adriana Groos, Veere († 1870)
• Adriana van de Graaf, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Rijn, Rotterdam († 1870)
• Cornelia Verooten, delft (zuid holland) († 1828)
• Cornelis Tillemans, Groesbeek († 1827)

• Jacobus GEERTS (66), Elingen
• Adrianus Cox (0), Duizel
• Lucy Fox Strangways (38)
• Adriaan Adr. Karelse, Borssele
• Jacob Larsen
• Jean Pierre YASSE (0), Fauvillers, 82009, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Heijltje Beenekamp (0), Mijdrecht
• Jeanne Lescure (23), Lascombes, Cantal, Frankrijk
• François DOMANCHIN (0), Esternay (51),51200,Marne,FRANCE
• Elisabeth Schonebeek (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)
• 1842 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic († 1922)
• 1845 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1921)

• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)

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. Joanna
9. Adriana
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)
• 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 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• 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.

The temperature on August 16, 1787 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.