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• Anna KERSEBOOM, Ridderkerk
• Aagje Jansd Munnik, Amsterdam, nh.nld († 1795)
• Adriaantje Cornelis Bax, Wijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1861)
• Anje Pieters LUIDENS, Breede, Warffum, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland († 1828)
• Aagje van der Vaart, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana VOGELAAR, Dinteloord
• Aafke Jans
• Adriana Snijders, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1788)
• Abram Krabshuis, Almelo († 1861)
• Anje Siersema

• Aleida Vos (1), Nijeveen
• Dirk Janszn de Jong (73), Monster
• Giertje Benjamins (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• 1st Lieut. Martin Taylor Preston (36), Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Grietje Klaas Holstein (27), Zijpe
• JOANNA THOMAS (0), Schilde
• Floris (Flooris, Florus) Taekes (52), Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Barend Döling (68), Amsterdam
• joannes franssen (50), meijel
• Elisabeth Jansd BOER (4)

• 1740 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan († 1813)
• 1771 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan († 1840)
• 1778 » Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1811)
• 1781 » Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1860)
• 1791 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic († 1865)
• 1791 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author († 1813)
• 1800 » William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic († 1873)
• 1819 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic († 1896)
• 1823 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia († 1902)
• 1838 » Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist († 1927)

• 1728 » Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
• 1738 » Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
• 1764 » Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1773 » Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
• 1789 » John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
• 1835 » Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
• 1846 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)

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)
• February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
• 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 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on September 23, 1787 was about 15.0 °C.