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• Adriaen Mollaert, Erembodegem († 1858)
• Adriaan van der Knaap, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1796)
• Arnoldus van Hees, Hilvarenbeek
• Abraham de Groen, Megen, Haren en Macharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Bourgonien, Twello
• Abigail (TN) Broughton
• Aaltje Luiten Jonkman, Blesdijke († 1850)
• Aaltje Auwen, Groningen († 1830)
• Barbe Misère, Freistroff, 57235, France († 1788)
• Antje Meinderts, Loga, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1829)

• Hermannus Havermans (60), Baarle
• Govert Wouterde Slob (75), Hornaar
• abraham masijn, masin, maseijn (82), amsterdam
• Hermanus Havermans (60), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Frances BLAND (35), Matoaca, Chesterfield, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Geertrui Rijgerbos (64), Amsterdam
• Coenraad van Valkenburg (59), (ZH) 's-Gravenhage
• Gosen Evertsz Pothoven
• Govert Wouterse Slobbe (75), Hoornaar
• Abraham Masijn (Maseijn) (82), Amsterdam

• 1743 » Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher († 1803)
• 1751 » Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer († 1831)
• 1752 » John Nash, English architect († 1835)
• 1764 » Samuel Whitbread, English politician († 1815)
• 1779 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian († 1869)
• 1782 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1793 » Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire († 1847)
• 1815 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar († 1874)
• 1835 » César Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic († 1918)
• 1840 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and author († 1921)

• 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
• 1783 » Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)

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 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet 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.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.

The temperature on January 18, 1788 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.