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• Boele Lammerts Julsing, anloo
• Antonius Egelmeers, Gemert († 1861)
• Dietjen Knol, Rottum († 1828)
• Deumis Dijkgraaf, Oudenhoorn
• Anna Catharina Naulaerts, Duffel, België († 1790)
• Berendje Hendriks van Unen, Zalk
• Bastiana Goedknegt, Vlaardingen († 1836)
• Arij Jansz. Kerkvliet, Lisse, ZH, Nederland
• Ana Joaquina da Silva Chaves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 1810)
• Catharina Mülder, Schneppenbaum, Kleve, Rheinland, Preußen, Deutschland († 1842)

• Bouwe Aartsz Roest (68), Spijkenisse
• Dirk Rietvelt (33), Aardenburg
• Antoinette Hendriks Emigh (1), Alkmaar
• Jacobus Goverts, Terneuzen
• Jacob Aldertsz Hoogendorp (59), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius de Wijs (43), Made en Drimmelen
• Dirk Vuil (17), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bouwen Aartsz. Roest (68), Spijkenisse
• Dirk Pietersz Vuil (18), Egmond aan Zee
• Bouwen Aartsz Roest (68), Spijkenisse

• 1722 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician († 1798)
• 1739 » Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire († 1819)
• 1742 » Richard Cosway, English painter († 1821)
• 1789 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician († 1868)
• 1818 » Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1893)
• 1835 » Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher († 1902)
• 1846 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross († 1869)
• 1850 » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet († 1919)
• 1851 » Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France († 1923)
• 1854 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and businessman, co-founded Desjardins Group († 1920)

• 1660 » Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)
• 1660 » Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
• 1701 » Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
• 1714 » Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)
• 1752 » Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)
• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)

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. 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 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.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on November 5, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.