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• Annon James, Rowan, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1875)
• Albert Dominic Graaf van Limburg-Stirum, Leeuwarden, Friesl († 1832)
• Albert Dominic van Limburg-Stirum, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1832)
• Anna Hoogenbrug, Zwammerdam († 1865)
• Albert Dominicus van Limburg Stirum, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1832)
• Adriana Hagesteijn, Rengerskerke († 1823)
• Alida Henderika van Walraven, Rotterdam († 1789)
• Arie Klaaszn Roskam, Sliedrecht († 1870)
• Alexander Strubbe, Woumen († 1788)
• Aaltjen Dunsborg, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1845)

• Cornelis Trommelen (3), Zevenbergen
• Gerrit Kooning (0), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Koerts Slot (39), Hoogeveen nederland
• Antonia Bornhout (Bronhoud), Delft, 5995, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Govert van Doorn, Montfoort
• Dirk Pieters Lans (65), Moordrecht
• Helena Johansson, Langasjo, Zweden
• Antonia Bornhout, Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Helena Johansson, Langasjo, Blekinge, Zweden
• Dirk Pieters Lans (65), Moordrecht, Z-Holland, Nederl

• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)
• 1815 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ († 1905)
• 1834 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician († 1911)
• 1841 » Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, 6th Governor General of Canada († 1908)

• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)

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.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• 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 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 January 15, 1788 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by north. Weather type: omtrent helder.