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• Cornelis Baarts Gaal, Assendelft († 1810)
• Aaltje Evertsd LANGEREIS, Berkhout († 1870)
• Aaltje Everts Langereis, Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Conrardus Gaens
• Douwe Muzelaar, Warns, Hem Oldephaert ca (Frl) († 1812)
• Cornelis VISSCHER, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Etienne Potters, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Fokeltje Ruurds, Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• Douwe Klazes, Warns († 1812)
• Aaltje Evertsd Langereis, Berkhout († 1870)

• Jean De Meyer, Aalter
• Anthonij Harms Entvogel (75), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Johanna Catharina Smout (44), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthoni Harms Eendvogel (75), Hoogeveen
• Antonij Harmsen Eendvogel (Waaijman) (75), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Johann Dehnen (8), Meiderich, Duisburg, Rheinland
• Isabella Van Quathem (5), Waardamme
• Anna Catharina Smout (44), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan BERNKENS (71), Bilzen,3740,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriana Vergouwen (0), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
• 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
• 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
• 1787 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian († 1862)
• 1798 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer († 1863)
• 1801 » Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1889)
• 1804 » Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician († 1876)
• 1822 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park († 1903)
• 1834 » Charles Farrar Browne, American author († 1867)
• 1856 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)

• 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
• 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
• 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)

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 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

The temperature on April 26, 1788 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.