About the day » Saturday February 16, 1788Calender converter

• Aan Hendriks Wijma, Augustinusga,, Friesland, Nederland († 1847)
• Bernardus Albers, Wanroij († 1855)
• Ann Hendriks Wijma, Augustinusga († 1847)
• Aselia Wijnands
• Anna Maria Hermke Eve Heij, Lienden (Buren)
• Bastiaan Moerman, Heinkenszand († 1836)
• Aagje Barendsdr GROENEVELD, Dubbeldam
• Antonius Kemperman, Huissen († 1831)
• Anna Maria van Dooren, Weert († 1862)
• Aan Hendriks Wyma, Augustinusga, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1847)

• Isaac X Childs (81), Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Anders Jensen, Frørup Kirke, Vindinge, Svendborg, Danmark
• Augustin Jacques, Pierre-Jacques (52), St-Joseph de Beauce, Qc., Canada
• Cornelia Adriana Jansd. van den Berg (39), Fijnaart &, Heijningen (NB Nederland
• Jacob Mooijboer (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriana van den Berg (44), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Elisabetha Mattijssen, Rijsbergen
• Anna Catharina Gendarmes (85), Thorn
• Harmen Börger, Neuenhaus, Dld
• Elisabeth Coster (47), Leiderdorp

• 1761 » Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general († 1804)
• 1774 » Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer († 1830)
• 1786 » Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess († 1859)
• 1802 » Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher († 1866)
• 1804 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist († 1885)
• 1812 » Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1821 » Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar († 1865)
• 1822 » Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician († 1911)
• 1824 » Peter Kosler, Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer († 1879)
• 1826 » Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet and author († 1886)

• 1710 » Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1686)
• 1754 » Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)

• 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 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.
• March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• 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 February 16, 1788 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken.