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• Cornelia van der Wekken, Ouwerkerk († 1824)
• Catharina van Velsen, Delft († 1847)
• Andreas (Andries) van Bronswijk, Lent, Nederland († 1847)
• Frans Gunnink, Amsterdam († 1878)
• Dorothea Frueling, Amsterdam († 1854)
• Francois Louis Lebrun, Inchy (F)
• Bart van der Lee, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Spiers, Oostzaandam († 1841)
• Anna Catharina de Backer, Serpauluspolder
• Alberdina van den Esgert, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1856)

• Jenneken Hasselo, Lochem
• Feijtje Jacobsd (Fijtje, Jacobs) Westmaas (32), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Karel Leopold Graaf van Schlieben (65), Kaliningrad (Königsberg), Rusland
• Franciscus Dockx
• Jacob Norbertus Cornelius Hemelsoen (73), Woumen
• Jan Lansink, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Ewolt Daniels (52)
• Jenneke te Hasseloo, Lochem
• Abraham Funk (23)
• Franciscus Van der Loock (76), Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1755 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter († 1842)
• 1786 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land († 1847)
• 1800 » George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician († 1888)
• 1808 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior († 1864)
• 1821 » Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter († 1893)
• 1823 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic († 1852)
• 1826 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician († 1891)
• 1827 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller († 1879)
• 1834 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant († 1862)
• 1839 » Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy († 1908)

• 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
• 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
• 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
• 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)

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. Aaltje
8. Catharina
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 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on April 16, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.