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• Afke Swaga, St.Nicolaasga († 1828)
• Adriana Klaassen van de Wetering, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Gorp, Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen Papenborg, Zelhem, Gemeente Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1859)
• Anna Catharina Peters, Papenhoven, Limburg, Niederlande
• (Joanna) Catharina Pauwels(en), Baarle († 1822)
• Aaltje Cornelissen, Harderwijk
• Adriaantje Wolkes, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1873)
• Andries Domburg, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1828)
• Adriana Van Zoest, Lekkerkerk, Sh, Netherlands († 1866)

• Joannes de Bosson (80)
• August Hendrik Ernst van Randow (0), Wendhof, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Joanna van Beek (14)
• Behrend Simon Peiser, København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
• Johannes Bosson de (80)
• Janke TJIBBES (36), Ureterp, Opsterland, Fryslân, Nederland
• Eppe Ewolds (3), Zuidhorn
• Jurriaan Siliakus (54), Amsterdam
• Janke Tjibbes (36), Ureterp
• Gerarda Kruis Kruijs Kreus (59), Zevenaar

• 1754 » Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general († 1794)
• 1755 » Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1766 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal († 1858)
• 1777 » Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor and translator († 1822)
• 1795 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States († 1849)
• 1799 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon († 1885)
• 1799 » Titian Peale, American entomologist and photographer († 1885)
• 1808 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic († 1889)
• 1815 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher († 1864)
• 1821 » George Bowen, Irish-English diplomat, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1899)

• 1716 » Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist and physician (b. 1651)
• 1807 » Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1730)
• 1834 » Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1760)
• 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (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.
• 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.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
• 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 2, 1788 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder.