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• Cornelis Reinders Roorda, Stiens († 1847)
• Adrianus van der Arend, Delft
• Aaltje Jans van Houten, Oudehorne († 1877)
• Aaltje Jans, Compagnie Oudehorne, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans van Houten, Schurega, Friesland, NL († 1877)
• Catharina Coenders, Warbeijen Griethausen (Dld)
• Adrianus ( Adriën ) van IerseL-naams-verandering - ( van IrseL ), Oisterwijk, Nederland († 1857)
• Barbara Cecilia MERLEVEDE, Reninge, 32021, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1857)
• Elisabeth Anna Marie de Chabannes († 1875)
• Cornelis van Buul, Alphen († 1869)

• Anna Van Den Broeck (85)
• Van den Broeck Anna (47), Schriek, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina Jutten (33), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• floris gerritse HUIJSER (84), ridderkerk
• Floris Gerritsz Huijser (83), Ridderkerk, zh.nld
• Antti Heikinpoika (40), Patala, Karelië, Finland
• Anna Eva Schlendwein (85), Bayern, Germany
• Floris Gerrits Huijser (83), Ridderkerk
• Christina Eleonora WITTICH (46), Gießen,Oberhessen,Hessen,Deutschland
• Henrica Wilhelma van Zuttem (50), Oldebroek, Nederland

• 1746 » Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma († 1806)
• 1770 » Anton Reicha, Bohemian composer and flautist († 1836)
• 1777 » Matija Nenadović, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia († 1854)
• 1786 » François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France († 1853)
• 1799 » Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer († 1864)
• 1802 » Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright († 1885)
• 1808 » Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor († 1879)
• 1808 » Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse († 1871)
• 1829 » Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. († 1902)
• 1842 » Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author († 1925)

• 1723 » Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1726 » Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
• 1770 » Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
• 1790 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral (b. 1730)
• 1802 » Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)
• 1806 » Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762)
• 1813 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
• 1815 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
• 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)

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.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
• June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on February 26, 1788 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.