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• Antje Jarigs Bijlstra, Holwerd († 1853)
• Agnes Nillessen, Oeffelt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1788)
• Abraham de Bruin, Leiden († 1865)
• Catharina Berendiena SCHOLTEN
• Adriana Dirksdr Burger, Monster
• Antje Jarigs Bijlstra, Holwerd, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1853)
• Abraham de Bruin, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Abraham de Bruin, in de Hooglandse kerk te Leiden († 1865)
• Agnes Nillissen, Oeffelt,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldert LAST, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands

• Adriana Pieters van den Ende (62), Hoeven
• Jan Speijerse Peek (44), Hagestein
• Frans Christiaan Leopold Constantijn van Brenn (7)
• Cecilia VAN DER Meersche (0), Wieze
• Adriana van den End(e)n, Hoeven
• Anna Mechtildis Widdershoven (42), de Heek-Hulsberg (Nuth), Limurg, Nederland
• Benjamin Francois Joseph Disseaux (6), Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Cornelia Jongekrijg, 's-Gravendeel,Zuid Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana Pieterse Van Den Enden (73), Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Mechtildis Widdershoven (42), Hulsberg,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1728 » Peter III of Russia († 1762)
• 1783 » Catharina of Württemberg († 1835)
• 1788 » Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph († 1873)
• 1791 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer († 1857)
• 1794 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico († 1876)
• 1801 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal († 1890)
• 1817 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright († 1893)
• 1821 » Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons († 1871)
• 1836 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer († 1891)
• 1844 » Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer († 1937)

• 1677 » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
• 1715 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
• 1730 » Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
• 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
• 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)

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.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 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.
• 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 February 21, 1788 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken.