About the day » Monday May 19, 1788Calender converter

• Arie Smits, Oud-Beijerland, NL
• Anna Henrici Peeters, Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrianus Smits, Oud-Beijerland, NL
• Aaltje Oeges Dijkstra, Gerkeskooster († 1848)
• Alida van Leeuwen, Demmerik
• Adrianus Petrus WILLEMS, Boekel, 3344, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Voets, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1788)
• Klaas Geerts Van der Sleen, Hattem († 1854)
• Adriaen van der Linde, Biervliet
• Anne therese Thérèse Huwel, Brugge, West Vlaanderen, België († 1854)

• Gerritje Gerrits (van de Kemenade) (76), Nijkerk
• Gerritje (76), Nijkerk
• Jean Debon (25), St Truiden
• Anna Charlotte Diftot de Marcheville Vrouwe van Sommevi (88)
• Cornelius Snellinckx (57), Rijkevorsel
• Hendrik Bras, azie
• Joanna VAN DEN BOSSCHE (1), Moorsel
• Klaaske Ekkes Rietema (48)
• Grace Maxwell
• Elisabeth VAN KELECOM (74), Gooik

• 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
• 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
• 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
• 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
• 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
• 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
• 1832 » James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer († 1886)
• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)
• 1861 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress († 1931)
• 1871 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author († 1963)

• 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)

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 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
• 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.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
• 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 May 19, 1788 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken.