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• Catharina (Trijntje) (Coenders) Koenders, Weesperkarspel / Weesp († 1871)
• maria jacoba dellius, amsterdam
• Botje Thijssens Rot, Dokkum († 1859)
• catharina hendrika lijssou, culemborg
• Bernartdina JULIAM, Ekeren
• Aaltjen Wissink, Zelhem († 1858)
• Anna Catharina Colley, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1825)
• Catharina Beukers, Naarden, Nederland († 1872)
• Anna Maria Ramakers, Hingen (Echt) († 1861)
• Catharina Jansen, Baarle-Nassau († 1856)

• Arnoldus Wouters (3), Heijen
• Joannes Leerinvelt
• Elias van Hoevelaak, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Cornelis Mulder (1), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Nieuwenhuijsen (39)
• Daniel Jung (50), Aue, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anne Jeanne Janssens (36), Brugge
• Gerrid de Vos (68), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Francisca Couset (5), Klerken
• Arij Hendriksz VAN LEEUWEN (39), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)
• 1831 » Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator († 1918)

• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

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 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.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• 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).

The temperature on August 1, 1788 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.