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• Adriaan (de) Zorge, Dreischor († 1860)
• Anna Maria Krumscheid, Bremscheid, 56588, Hausen (Wied), Deutschland
• Adriana Willemsdr Stuij, Sliedrecht, ZUI, Nederland († 1791)
• Arij Groeneveld, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1789)
• Ariaantje Jacobsd De PENNING, Mijnsheerenland
• Anna Catharina van de Goor, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Elisabeth Brabants, Lier, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Binders, Oosterland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Janssen, Kessel
• Jacoba Van der Heijden, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1868)

• Catalijntje Slager (60), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andreas Deschryver (61), Oudenburg
• Anna Henricus HIKSPOORS (62), Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina - Kaatje IJspelder (Eispelder) (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Clasina van GORP (72), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clasina van Gorp (72), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Dircks- (28), Mettingen, Duitsland
• Catalijntje Pieters Slager (54), Scherpenisse
• Cornelius Josephus Schermer (0), Wormerveer,Gemeente Zaanstad,North Holland,Netherlands
• Antonius Willebrordus Nieuwenburg (62), Leiden

• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1786 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State († 1857)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1799 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter († 1852)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1805 » Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1878)
• 1806 » Stand Watie, American general († 1871)

• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1817 » Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)
• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)

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 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.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• 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).

The temperature on December 12, 1788 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.