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• Anna Maria Smits, Den Dungen († 1831)
• Antoine VIRRION, Colombey (57) († 1787)
• Aegidius van Liempd, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Catharina Baar, Ibbenbüren, Deutschland († 1847)
• Antje van den Moolen, Zwartewaal, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1847)
• Berend Arends Smeding, Hoogeveen
• Anne Marie Draelants, Laar
• Arij van der Keur, Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1842)
• arij VLASBLOM, oud-beijerland († 1847)
• Anna Catherina Colebunders, Baal, Tremelo, Vlaams-Brabant, België

• Daniel Mutimer (0), Wilby, Suffolk. England
• Catharina vanHee (44)
• Jan Hendriks Booij (64), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Cornelius Wijnmalen, Zaamslag Zeeland
• Ernesta Henst) Arnst (Arends (64), Niel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Catharina van Hee (44), Cadzand
• jan catoen, 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Catharina (Catherina Catherine) van Hee (44), Cadzand
• Jan (Johannes) Katoen (59), 's-Gravendeel
• Johannes Catoen (62), S Gravendeel

• 1749 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer († 1822)
• 1754 » John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge († 1821)
• 1759 » William Kirby, English priest and entomologist († 1850)
• 1774 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist († 1849)
• 1778 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1868)
• 1796 » Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author († 1849)
• 1802 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary († 1894)
• 1803 » Maria Anna of Savoy († 1884)
• 1811 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader († 1881)
• 1824 » William Sellers, American engineer, inventor, and businessperson († 1824)

• 1692 » Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612)
• 1710 » Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1644)
• 1812 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
• 1863 » Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)
• 1868 » William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)
• 1881 » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)
• 1902 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)

• 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.
• 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'.
• August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 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.

The temperature on September 19, 1787 was about 12.0 °C.