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• Anna_Maria Grijm, Haarlem († 1865)
• Bartholomeus Rotteveel, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1792)
• Barbara van Galder, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angelina Timmermans, Eindhoven, Nederland
• Catharina Steffler, Keidenbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Antonius van den Hurck, Zeelst
• Agatha BLOM, Dordrecht
• Clara Maria Verbruggen, Antwerpen, België († 1863)
• Anna Maria Grijm, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Alida van den Bos († 1846)

• Carolus Franciscus Maertens (53), Houtave
• Cornelia Meeuwsen, Kruiningen
• Margareta Rigaux (60), Halle, Belgie
• Joanna van Breda (67), Oud Gastel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Marie Blanche Sayn (78), Montoison, 26800, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, FRANCE
• Aaltien Alberts (Zwart) (45)
• Marie Claire Christine van der Laen (69), Warfhuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Marie Claire Christine van der Laen (69), Warfhuizen
• Joannes Baptista van de Vijver (89), Temse
• Josefa Paes de Almeida (63), Itu, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1732 » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist († 1785)
• 1758 » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1794)
• 1759 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician († 1833)
• 1772 » William I of the Netherlands († 1840)
• 1787 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer († 1834)
• 1824 » Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar († 1891)
• 1837 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)
• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)

• 1759 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1770 » Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
• 1779 » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 » Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)

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)
• January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
• May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
• June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
• 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.
• October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

The temperature on August 24, 1787 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.