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• Anna Christina Geraths, Jüchen, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Aldert Heertjeszn Laribij, Oost-Vlieland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1859)
• Agnes Baijens, Lithoijen, Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara CUIJTEN, Nuenen (Gerwen) († 1859)
• Anna Catharina Huwaert, Huldenberg
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Cuijk en St. Agatha († 1839)
• Anna Maria Haenbeukers, Voerendaal,, Limburg, Nederland
• Angelina Caelers, Gulpen († 1823)
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Cuijk en St. Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1839)
• Catharina Jansdr. Van Schie, Noordwijkerhout († 1788)

• Jeronimo de Marez van Zuylen (26)
• Gerritje van Bemmel (59), Amersfoort
• Joseph Frans Wolfgang Waldbott van Bassenheim (17)
• Johann Bernhard Ludwig Schulte (3), Emsbüren(Emsland)
• Jean GRANT (82), Rothiemay Banff Scotland
• Cornelia Paardekooper (56), Koudekerk
• Maria Kemper (0), Zwoller Kerspel,Overijssel,Niederlande,Windesheim
• Maria Agnes Lamotte (34), Brugge
• Helena Martens Marcelis (81), Asten
• Anna Maria Schipmann, Papenburg

• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
• 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)
• 1838 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist († 1917)
• 1851 » William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)

• 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
• 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
• 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)
• 1856 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)

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.
• January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• 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.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.

The temperature on January 16, 1788 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.