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• Aeltje Alberts Steenhof, Eemnes († 1791)
• Cornelis van Ommen, Gouda
• Cornelia Bootsgezel, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1843)
• Corneil François LONNEUX, Charneux, 4654, Liège, Belgique († 1863)
• Aaltje Steenhof, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Wesselson *, Steenwijk († 1863)
• Corneliske (Knelske) Hendriks Scheeringa, Midwolde (Gem. Leek), Groningen, Nederland († 1852)
• Douwe Lippes de Wagt, Drachten († 1865)
• Cornelis Meeuwisz KRAAIJO, Oud-Beijerland
• Andries Jans WESSELSON, Steenwijk († 1863)

• Cornelis de Joode (34), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Katharina Keller (63), Niederlaasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Johanna Lodewika Schilt (37), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Meeuwisz KRAAIJO (4)
• Jan Alberts (3), Harderwijk
• Joannes Pietersz van Dijk, Breudijk (NL)
• Jan Alberts (3), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Livinus Van de Walle (0), Sint Amandsberg
• Jacob VETH (46), Dordrecht
• Derk Weijenborg (64), Vragender

• 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
• 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
• 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
• 1792 » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author († 1875)
• 1805 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author († 1872)
• 1809 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author († 1894)
• 1810 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat († 1884)
• 1811 » Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA († 1888)

• 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)

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. John

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Trijntje
6. Catharina
7. Joanna
8. Adriana
9. Elisabeth
10. Marie
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Neeltje
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 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 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
• 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.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on August 29, 1787 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken.