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• Adrianus Wenink, Winterswijk (Gd) († 1788)
• Bern. Joannes Schiphorst, Denekamp
• Catharina Paulowna van Rusland, Sint Petersburg, Rusland († 1819)
• Antoine Wulms, Nederweert, Oostenrijks Opper-Gelre († 1857)
• Anna Elisabeth Jansen, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1869)
• Allert Reinders Veltman, Ter Laan, Groningen, Nederland († 1848)
• Aldegonda Pepermans, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nl († 1851)
• Anna Margaretha Sjoerds Wiarda, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1791)
• Catharina Paulowna Romanov, Sint-Petersburg, Rusland († 1819)
• Beerent Wilts van der Meulen, Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1826)

• Amelberga de Dancker (69), Sint-Niklaas
• Adrianus Vergroesen (2), Steenbergen
• Jan (Gerrit) Buursink (86)
• Bastiaan Antonisse de Latere (73), Ouwekerk, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aartje Jacobs Essenburg (3), Harderwijk-Hierden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aartjen Essenburg (3), Hierden
• Jan Gerrit Klein Buersinck alias op Westendorp (86), Haaksbergen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Vergroesen (44), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elizabetha Billekens (5), Sevenum, Horst, Limburg, Niederlande
• Johan Joseph Frans Anthonie van Thun-Hohenstein-Castelfondo. (76), Praag (Tsj)

• 1756 » William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist († 1833)
• 1763 » Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician († 1820)
• 1775 » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician († 1840)
• 1780 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker († 1845)
• 1790 » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household († 1858)
• 1792 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer († 1843)
• 1799 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist († 1847)
• 1801 » Princess Sophie of Sweden, Swedish princess († 1865)
• 1806 » Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, English duchess († 1868)
• 1808 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist († 1890)

• 1719 » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
• 1724 » Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1742 » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
• 1762 » Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695)
• 1771 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)
• 1786 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)
• 1790 » Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)
• 1810 » Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)
• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)

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 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.
• 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.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
• September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

The temperature on May 21, 1788 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.