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• Coleta Francisca Beirens, Gistel, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1865)
• Arnoldus De Leeuw, Schoonrewoerd († 1876)
• Cornelia Antonissen, Gilze († 1851)
• Anna Maria Sannes, Antwerpen, 2000, België
• Ariaantje Gideonsdr. van Egmond, Rijnsburg, ZH, Nederland († 1832)
• Adriana Dekker, Sint-Annaland († 1843)
• Benedict van Oost, Kanegem (B) († 1855)
• Anthonie Meijster, Wateringen († 1846)
• Arnoldus Dolders, Geulle, Nederland
• Christina Godshalk BUZZARD, Bucks County († 1865)

• Anna Martina Joannis van Roijakkers, Aarle-Rixtel
• Cornelis Gerritsz Krook, Alphen aan de Rijn
• Anna Maria Peeters Elst (74), Groot-Zundert, Staats-Brabant, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden
• Anna Haan de (58), Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Ootjers (45), Noord-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Claas de Hoop, Hoorn (Grote Kerk)
• Alexander Lodewijk du Bois Graaf van Courval (67)
• Cornelis Hendriksz Swart (2), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Amelie-Victoire Destombes (0), Tourcoing (F)
• Annetje Crijnen TEEUW (78), Alblasserdam

• 1716 » Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor († 1791)
• 1743 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic († 1817)
• 1761 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum († 1850)
• 1792 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer († 1856)
• 1800 » Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet († 1855)
• 1805 » 9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader († 1815)
• 1844 » Alexandra of Denmark († 1925)
• 1846 » Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher († 1923)
• 1847 » Julia A. Moore, American poet († 1920)
• 1855 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania († 1943)

• 1729 » Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
• 1750 » Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
• 1755 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1767 » Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
• 1825 » Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)

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 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
• June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).

The temperature on December 1, 1788 was about -5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.