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• Adriana Cornelisse, Zierikzee († 1848)
• Aaltje Tessemaker, Oene († 1861)
• Adriana Arnoldi Aarts, Uden
• Alewijn van den Berg, Schoonrewoerd († 1843)
• Albert Hendriks de Groot, Nieuwe Pekela,Gemeente Pekela,Groningen,Nederland
• Ann Mitchell **, Crimond, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1870)
• Aletta Helena Hauman, Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa († 1813)
• Anna Catharina Hoebreghs (Hoebrechts), Neerlanden, België († 1830)
• Abraham Pietersz Niemandsverdriet, Rhoon
• Aaltjen Tassenmaker, Oene († 1861)

• Evert Johannesz SMITS (2)
• Elisha Wales, Captain member of General Assembly of Connecticut (60), Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, United States of America
• Anna Elisabeth Stolle (58), bergneustadt (D)
• Claas Scheepmaker (64), Amsterdam
• Friedrich Weyandt (0), Schameder, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Geertruij Foppens (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Valkenbergh (72), Smeermaas (B)
• Elisha Wales (60), Union City, Tolland, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• "Marguerite"-Josèphe Fontaine, Namen, België
• Geertruida SMITS, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1766 » Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator († 1853)
• 1773 » James Mill, Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher († 1836)
• 1787 » Celestina Cordero, Puerto Rican educator († 1862)
• 1810 » Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic († 1888)
• 1812 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author († 1870)
• 1815 » Robert Volkmann, German organist, composer, and conductor († 1883)
• 1818 » Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian journalist and poet († 1870)
• 1820 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author († 1910)
• 1823 » Joseph Medill, Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago († 1899)
• 1824 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1906)

• 1707 » Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (b. 1633)
• 1755 » Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (b. 1690)
• 1790 » Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
• 1825 » Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757)
• 1829 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802)
• 1833 » Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)
• 1838 » José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)
• 1860 » James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)

• 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 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

The temperature on April 6, 1788 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.