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• Christina Damkot
• Catharina (Katrina) Baalbergen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Akke Fetzes Reistma, Goënga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Dorothea Appel
• Adolf Fredrik Fock, Saväre († 1855)
• Akke Fetses Reidsma, Goënga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Schuepkens, Aldekerk, Kreis Geldern, Rheinprovinz, Deutschland († 1827)
• Catharina Francisca Deblauwe, Gistel († 1792)
• Christiaan Verhaaf, Rheden
• Cornelia van Tienen, Vlaardingen († 1840)

• Annetje Buurman (86), Pernis
• Jan Baptist De Troyer (35), Pamel, 1760, België
• Jeanne Josepha Gardinal (44), Middelburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Hon. William CAMPBELL (93)
• Joanna Van Den Bruele, Aalst (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Jan Jans den Bouw (85), Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joanna Maria Scheppers (43), Rijmenam
• Domien Goos (2), Vorst, België
• Joanna Jacoba Devos (28), Middelburg
• Jan Jansen Bouw (78), Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1750 » Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna († 1795)
• 1752 » Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director († 1813)
• 1767 » August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic († 1845)
• 1774 » Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic († 1824)
• 1779 » Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
• 1783 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author († 1872)
• 1804 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic († 1875)
• 1814 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian († 1874)
• 1815 » Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator († 1897)
• 1822 » Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer († 1892)

• 1682 » Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1606)
• 1721 » Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
• 1755 » Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715)
• 1761 » Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1698)
• 1780 » Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
• 1784 » Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736)
• 1811 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
• 1831 » John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
• 1853 » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)

• 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'.
• September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on September 8, 1787 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken.