About the day » Monday May 12, 1788Calender converter

• Ariaantje Arijsdr BOEL, Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Arend Huijgsz van Velzen, Katwijk († 1864)
• Adriana (Adriaantje) Boel, Streefkerk, Nederland († 1863)
• Ariaantje Boel, Streefkerk († 1863)
• Barbara Franses de Boer, Witmarsum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Klazes Veenstra, Oenkerk, Friesland, Netherlands († 1866)
• Barend Schoenmaker, Amsterdam († 1853)
• Arie Jacobszn Buijser, Sliedrecht
• Aaltje Jans Smit, Aduard († 1861)
• Bartholomeus Karreman, Leiden († 1848)

• Claude Walter Baron van Maillen (80), Mohiville, Namen, Wallonië
• Arend Teuniszn Aartsen (68), Naaldwijk
• Anna Catharina Maria Catharina DIELKENS DILTKENS (53), Bouwel,, Antwerpen, België
• Henricus Wegman (26), Gendt, Nederland
• Claude Walthère de MAILLEN (80)
• Diena van Lidt De Jeude (70), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Jacoba Elizabeth Verhagen (0), Veen, Nederland
• Joannes Franciscus Coudeville (72), Varsenare
• Anna Sleeckx (8), Kessel
• Hendrik Kas (62), Amsterdam

• 1755 » Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer († 1824)
• 1767 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1851)
• 1774 » Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician († 1853)
• 1777 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman († 1855)
• 1803 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic († 1873)
• 1804 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada († 1858)
• 1806 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator († 1888)
• 1814 » Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer († 1889)
• 1820 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician († 1910)

• 1748 » Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
• 1759 » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
• 1784 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
• 1792 » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)

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 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
• June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).

The temperature on May 12, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.