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• Akke Hiddes, Balk, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Daniels van der Stel, 's Gravendeel († 1828)
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• Aaltje (Willems) Nijeboer, Hattem, Nederland († 1850)
• Albert Jans Vlot, Staphorst
• Geert Harms Hoeksema, Parish Saaxum Groningen († 1868)
• Adrianus van Ewijk, Nijmegen, NL († 1845)
• Abraham de Roo, Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1855)
• Adrianus Sanders, Helmond
• Agnes Scarborough, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States († 1863)

• Jean Ignace de Canter(de Kanter) (65), Poperinghe,Notre Dame, België
• Gerhard Henricus Ernst (4), Groß Fullen, Meppen, Meppen, Hannover, Preußen, Deutschland
• Johan Karel Graaf Creutz Heer van Malmgärd (62)
• Jan Jansen van Hardeveld (4), Veenendaal
• Amelberga Janssens (38), Sint-Niklaas
• Cornellis JANS (1), Bierum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Elisabetha Margaretha Weber (64)
• Bastiaantje Mak (68)
• Engelbertus Span (61), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henrich Born (3), Aue, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1763 » Caroline von Wolzogen, German author († 1847)
• 1777 » John Cheyne, Scottish physician and author († 1836)
• 1790 » Gideon Mantell, English scientist († 1852)
• 1795 » Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia († 1830)
• 1807 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general and politician († 1891)
• 1809 » Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor († 1847)
• 1811 » Horace Greeley, American journalist and politician († 1872)
• 1816 » Ram Singh Kuka, Indian credited with starting the Non-cooperation movement
• 1817 » Émile Prudent, French pianist and composer († 1863)
• 1817 » Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist († 1881)

• 1737 » Tommaso Ceva, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1648)
• 1802 » Pedro Rodríguez, Spanish statesman and economist (b. 1723)
• 1813 » Juan Bautista Cabral, Argentinian sergeant (b. 1789)
• 1820 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1762)
• 1832 » George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (b. 1754)
• 1862 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1774)
• 1866 » François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Catharina
8. Aaltje
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Elizabeth
14. Antje
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• 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 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

The temperature on February 3, 1788 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.