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• Anna Elisabeth Pütz, Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland († 1792)
• Catharina Bijnen, Waalre, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1821)
• Akke Ykes Ykema, Westhem, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1827)
• Abram Mieghoop, Almelo
• Andries Noordhoek, Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aldegondis Hoos, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1867)
• Bernardus Nas, Huissen
• Antonie van Broekhoven, Zaltbommel († 1838)
• Calvin Hoar, Dighton, Bristol Co, Machussets
• Abner Hoar, Dighton, Bristol Co, Machussets

• Gerrit van Herwijnen (57), Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Dickel (0), Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Cornelius DE KONINCK (0), Wortel,2323,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Stoffels (0), Enkhuizen
• Gerrit Jacobszoon Herwijnen (56), Zuidland
• Agnes Oosterlinck (1), Overmere
• Hannah Curtis (32)
• Francisca Colleta Waeyaert (0), Zarren
• Dieuwertje Jans Ruijter, Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• August Henrich Linde (0), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
• 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer († 1833)
• 1782 » Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer († 1856)
• 1783 » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor († 1850)
• 1808 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator († 1855)
• 1811 » Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano († 1869)
• 1811 » Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician († 1864)
• 1813 » Richard Wagner, German composer († 1883)
• 1814 » Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter († 1891)

• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)

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 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• 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.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

The temperature on May 22, 1788 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.