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• Adriana (Jaantje) Ymes VAN DER WOUDE, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1852)
• Adriaantje Willems Visser, Ammerstol, Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)
• Roelof Hartman, Hoogeveen
• Abraham van Oeveren, St.Philipsland
• Alida Quakenbeek, 's-Gravenhage ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1858)
• Anne Marie Maurel, Uvernet-Fours ( Frankrijk )
• Aart Ravestein, Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1789)
• Adriaantje Willemsdr Visser, Ammerstol († 1866)
• Anna Maria Amalia Steinmeier, Lieme(Dtsl)
• Arendje Kootzak, Dirksland

• Joseph Mousseau (90), L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
• Johannes Renkhoff (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Widdershoven (71), Voerendaal,, Limburg, Nederland
• Godefridus Kelleners (26), Havert (D)
• João de Ávila da Silveira (78), Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Jacobus Baeyens (0), Kerksken
• James Turner **** (60), North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Jakob Schuiringa, Adorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Kligge (39), Rosenthal, Saksen
• Gerhard, Heinrich Boberg (0), Altenhagen, Hagen a.T.W., Niedersachsen, Duitsland

• 1749 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer († 1827)
• 1750 » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer († 1812)
• 1754 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer († 1802)
• 1769 » Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat († 1832)
• 1769 » William Smith, English geologist and cartographer († 1839)
• 1823 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States († 1885)
• 1826 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer († 1917)
• 1834 » Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer († 1858)
• 1838 » Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women's rights activist and unionist († 1908)
• 1842 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian-German historian, businessman and composer († 1909)

• 1742 » Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (b. 1670)
• 1747 » Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (b. 1675)
• 1748 » Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (b. 1693)
• 1783 » Charles Carroll, English barrister and politician (b. 1723)
• 1792 » Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (b. 1713)
• 1801 » Paul I, Russian emperor (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)

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 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• 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.

The temperature on March 23, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.