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• Anna Magrita Sol, Reusel († 1858)
• Anna Simmons, Frederick County, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1856)
• Barthélemie Joseph Sauwen, Clermont s/ Berwinne, 4890 (B) († 1866)
• Akke Koopmans, Bolsward
• (Stillborn) Barendregt (Barendrecht), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland († 1788)
• Antonius Verster, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1865)
• Adriaan Vosters, Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1854)
• Alta Hestand
• Abraham Hoelands, Axel
• Auke Burema, Westerlee, Groningen, Nederland († 1814)

• Arij Jorisz Oosterlee (77), Naaldwijk
• Arij Joris OOSTERLEE (77), Naaldwijk, 6148, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Oosterlee (77), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Andries (33), leeuwarden
• Ezekial Brigham (65), Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
• Anna Maria - Anna Evers (63), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Gerrit Klanderman
• Geeske Hindriks (6), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• (Stillborn) Barendregt (Barendrecht) (0), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Grietje Freerks (52), Maarhuizen, nummer 9

• 1760 » Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan organist and composer († 1797)
• 1762 » Stephen Storace, English actor and composer († 1796)
• 1772 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement († 1810)
• 1780 » Edward Hicks, American minister and painter († 1849)
• 1785 » Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer († 1859)
• 1792 » Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician († 1868)
• 1802 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist († 1887)
• 1818 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author and poet († 1883)
• 1819 » Maria II of Portugal († 1853)
• 1821 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman († 1868)

• 1743 » Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)
• 1761 » Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (b. 1722)
• 1766 » John Taylor, English librarian and scholar (b. 1704)
• 1774 » Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728)
• 1792 » James Sykes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1807 » Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and academic (b. 1732)
• 1817 » André Masséna, French general (b. 1758)
• 1841 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
• 1846 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (b. 1769)
• 1861 » John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (b. 1785)

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 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

The temperature on April 4, 1788 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.