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• Antje Harmens Harmenson, Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1853)
• Lutien Jans Veneman, De Wijk († 1839)
• Adelbertus Vloedgraven, Linderte, het vloedgraven, Raalte
• Aagje Ruigewaard, Wijk aan Zee († 1789)
• Aleijda de Vos, Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van der Poel, Zoetermeer († 1828)
• Catharina Claesdr. van der Meer, Pijnacker († 1831)
• André de La Rüe, Genova, Italie († 1854)
• Anthonia de Mars, Varik, Nederland († 1864)
• Agnes Vermeersch, Meetkerke

• Anna Gertrudis Lantmans (38), Roosendaal
• Beytske Binnerts (78), Wartena, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Netherlands
• Augustinus Franciscus van den Berghe (58), Kortemark
• Anna Maria Arteschene (72), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Beert Renden, Nunspeet
• Anna Catereels (77), Oevel, 2260, België
• Catharina Meesters (67), Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Bartholomeus Notermans (0), Schinnen
• Anna Maria Aegidius Brouwers (53), Goirle
• Anna Gertrudis Landmans (44), Roosendaal-Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1740 » Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat († 1792)
• 1786 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer († 1853)
• 1792 » Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator († 1845)
• 1806 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1871)
• 1812 » Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet and educator († 1842)
• 1838 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator († 1926)
• 1841 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1861 » Ferdinand Bonn, German actor († 1933)
• 1861 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter († 1926)
• 1865 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator († 1950)

• 1722 » Kangxi, emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Louis, dauphin of France (b. 1729)
• 1768 » Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
• 1783 » Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)
• 1812 » Sacagawea, American explorer (b. 1788)
• 1820 » John Bell, American farmer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 » Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)

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 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 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.

The temperature on December 20, 1788 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.