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• Antonetta Kuijpers, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1841)
• Adrianus Melief, Delft († 1878)
• Adriaan Josiasse van den Houte, Burgh († 1833)
• Aaltje de Horn, Woerden
• Aaltje Oostrom, Langerak, Molenwaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1790)
• Adriaan VAN DEN HOUTE, Burgh
• Anna Jacobsd MONSTER, Puttershoek
• Abraham Owel, Leiden († 1829)
• Annigje (Annegje) Derks(d) Dekker, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1859)
• Annetje Leendertsdr. Parlevliet, Katwijk

• Jan Klazes Hellinga (2), Visvliet, Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Jannigje Gerrits van Amerongen (5), Amerongen
• Joannes VAN de WOUWER (82), Kontich, 2550, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Joannes TEGELERS (0), Echt, Limburg, Nederland
• Claas Albers Beeckmann (26), Moordorf, Ostfriesland
• Antonius (78), Rijkevoort, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Attje Atzes (45), Sneek
• Franciscus Van de Venne (23), Zingem
• James Campbell (66), Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Jacob Sijpheer (0), Zd-Scharwoude

• 1760 » Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » DeWitt Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York († 1828)
• 1770 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general († 1826)
• 1779 » Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War († 1851)
• 1793 » Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas († 1863)
• 1800 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian-Italian poet and philosopher († 1844)
• 1810 » Pope Leo XIII († 1903)
• 1816 » Alexander Bullock, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Massachusetts († 1882)
• 1817 » János Arany, Hungarian journalist and poet († 1882)
• 1820 » Multatuli, Dutch writer († 1887)

• 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
• 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
• 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
• 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
• 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
• 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
• 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)

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 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 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.
• June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on March 2, 1788 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken.