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• Angelina De Schrijver, Heldergem
• Aleberta Katrina van der Hulst, Haarlem († 1834)
• Anneke (Antje) van Ree, Neder-Betuwe († 1873)
• Anna Timmermans, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Jans van Steeg, Diermen, gem. Putten († 1858)
• Adriana Morreval, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1788)
• Aagje van Steeg, Putten-Diermen († 1858)
• Anthonia Thoonen, Wijchen, NL († 1863)
• Aagje Jans Van Steeg (Van De Steeg), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1858)
• Antonetta Willemina Pantekoek, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Bastiaan NIEUWBURG (0), Barendrecht
• Cornelia Dieleman (56), Terneuzen,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Cornelia Magdalena Dieleman (56), Terneuzen
• Cornelius Van Vaerenbergh (48), Denderhoutem
• Anna Leen, Sint Huibrechts Lille
• Bart van Genderen (0), Sliedrecht
• Adriana Willemse Geus de (33), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Geus, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Weenink Weeninck Wenink (0), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Catherine Pierard (86), Fontaine-l'Evêque

• 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
• 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
• 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
• 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
• 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)
• 1812 » Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter († 1880)
• 1827 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician († 1893)
• 1830 » Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic († 1870)
• 1835 » Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer († 1910)
• 1840 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal († 1908)

• 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)

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 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

The temperature on December 17, 1788 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder.