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• Arendje Gagesteyn, Schiedam
• Antje Verheul, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendje GAGESTEIN, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Antonij Verstraten, Leiden
• Adriaan Taunaij, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1789)
• Anna Wypkes Harckes van der Ark, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Klingestein, Haarlem († 1835)
• Antonij Verstraaten, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Vlaswinkel
• Aaltje van der Tol, Lisse († 1870)

• Adriana STOFFELS (64), Minderhout, Hoogstraten, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Christine Grebe (5), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Johanna Hoff (46), Koudekerke
• Florentinus BULTERYS (85), Pamel
• Johanna Pieters Sloff (50), Koudekerk aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Willibr. KOELMAN (0)
• Adrianus Cornelisse van Vliet (28)
• JAN VAN LAAR (0), Vaassen
• Grietje Cornelis Cornelisz Jacob Roeper (48), Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jan (Dirksz) de Goede (41), Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1750 » Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician († 1818)
• 1753 » James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician († 1816)
• 1758 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author († 1841)
• 1774 » Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance († 1845)
• 1793 » Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era († 1861)
• 1806 » Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator († 1887)
• 1807 » Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet, author and naturalist († 1845)
• 1811 » John Bright, English academic and politician († 1889)
• 1836 » Kalākaua of Hawaii († 1891)
• 1839 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian poet, author, and politician († 1908)

• 1724 » Jack Sheppard, English criminal (b. 1702)
• 1745 » James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1665)
• 1773 » John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (b. 1715)
• 1779 » Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (b. 1716)
• 1790 » Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (b. 1723)
• 1797 » Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
• 1802 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (b. 1746)
• 1806 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
• 1808 » Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1779)
• 1836 » Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)

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. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Aaltje
8. Marie
9. Catharina
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 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• 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.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

The temperature on November 16, 1788 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.