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• Amelia Rosalie D'artois, Izegem, België († 1856)
• Anna Maria Loeners, Grote Brogel
• Arnoldus Clerx, Sint-Oedenrode
• Adriaan Mutaers, Tilburg († 1856)
• Barbara Van Walleghem, Beveren roeselare
• Abram Abrahamse Pavias, Sint-Annaland
• Barbara Vanwalleghem, Beveren (Roeselare) († 1887)
• Aaltien Jans Krooij, Giethoorn
• Akke Ruurds Bijlsma, Wijtgaard, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• adriaan mutsaers, tilburg

• Guurtje Gerrits Warnaar
• Evert van der Roest de Oude (0), Huizen
• Gerritje Vrijling
• Franciscus VANMARSENILLE, Borlo, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Cornelis van der Beek (63), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Elske ten Kamp, Zeddam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthoon Jonkhans (2), Oosterbeek (Renkum), Gelderland, Nederland
• André de Pouilly (45), Cornay, Ardennes, France
• Ary van Gelderen (0), Rotterdam
• Andreas II van Pouilly Markgraaf van Lançon (45), Cornay, Champagne-Ardennen

• 1740 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician († 1810)
• 1759 » Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer († 1823)
• 1771 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg († 1820)
• 1772 » David Ricardo, British economist and politician († 1823)
• 1794 » William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams († 1863)
• 1797 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France († 1877)
• 1813 » James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author († 1865)
• 1819 » Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist († 1874)
• 1819 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor († 1895)
• 1838 » Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic († 1912)

• 1732 » Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
• 1742 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
• 1763 » Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1796 » Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732)
• 1802 » Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)

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. Joanna
10. Marie
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
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 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
• February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• 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.

The temperature on April 18, 1788 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.