About the day » Sunday October 19, 1788Calender converter

• Aafje Hendriks Schermer, Sijbekarspel († 1856)
• Antje Oost, Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1861)
• Aafke Pauwels, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1858)
• Anna Adelheid Welling, Emsbüren-Bernte
• Aaltje Bleij, Zwartsluis, Nederland († 1879)
• Antje Ariensd Oort, Petten, nh.nld († 1861)
• Anje Klaassen Bouwman, Middelstum († 1867)
• ANGELINA NAUDTS, SINAAI,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1790)
• Aart Floren de Koter, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje~Harmens Stuur, Noarderdrachten

• Anna Catharina AERTS (0), Zandvliet, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Anna Maria Wauters (55), Waterland-Oudeman
• Aart Floren de Koter (4), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne DUPONCHEL (95), Busnes,62190,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Dirk Jan Coops (2), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Jean BURGARD (0), Br√©chaumont (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Elisabeth TSYEN (64), Geel Zammel, 2440, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Elisabetha Wauters (0), Kwerps
• Jacob Hendriksz Zant (1), Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Albert Driessen (74), Stein

• 1718 » Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War († 1804)
• 1720 » John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist († 1772)
• 1721 » Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist († 1800)
• 1784 » Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic († 1859)
• 1789 » Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher († 1853)
• 1810 » Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia († 1903)
• 1814 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter († 1878)
• 1826 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest († 1895)
• 1850 » Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic († 1935)
• 1851 » Empress Myeongseong of Korea († 1895)

• 1723 » Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (b. 1646)
• 1745 » Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (b. 1667)
• 1772 » Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (b. 1703)
• 1790 » Lyman Hall, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (b. 1724)
• 1796 » Michel de Beaupuy, French general (b. 1755)
• 1813 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (b. 1763)
• 1815 » Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (b. 1755)
• 1842 » Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author (b. 1808)
• 1851 » Marie Thérèse of France (b. 1778)
• 1856 » William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1799)

• 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 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.
• January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

The temperature on October 19, 1788 was about 6.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.