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• Cornelis Bras, almkerk emmikhoven († 1791)
• Cornelis van Rumund, Boxtel († 1844)
• Aaltje Roelofs HARTMAN, Genemuiden († 1867)
• Anna Holgate, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States († 1857)
• Agnes Gijsen, Martenslinde-Bilzen
• 'Joseph' Charles Frederic Guillaume MESDACH de ter KIELE, Veurne, 38025, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1834)
• Cornelis de Bakker (Backer) **, Zundert, Gemeente Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1854)
• Dirk Verheulen, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1838)
• Dirck Verheulen, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Vandenberghe, Oombergen, Belgie

• Frederik Jan van Westrenen Sterkenburg (geboren van Westrenen van Themaat) (62), Utrecht
• Jannetje van der Hoeven (16), Delft
• Anne Asselin (75)
• Abraham Hanewinckel (43), Deurne
• Gijsbert Janszn Hogendoorn (60), Benschop
• Gertrudis Elisabetha Canters (0), Stevensweert
• Gerritje (Gaartje) Hendriksen (Fluit) (3), Harskamp
• Adriana Joannis Hasenbergh (1), Boxtel
• Gijsbert Jansz Hoogendoorn (53), Benschop
• Gijsbert Hogendoorn (60), Benschop, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1735 » Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer († 1800)
• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic († 1832)
• 1779 » Stephen Decatur, American commander († 1820)
• 1779 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer († 1813)
• 1781 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas († 1836)
• 1793 » Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician († 1855)
• 1808 » Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist († 1881)
• 1834 » William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer († 1861)
• 1838 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic († 1922)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)

• 1713 » Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
• 1762 » Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• 1771 » John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)
• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)

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 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 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.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on January 5, 1788 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.