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• Anna Catharina Maria Elisabeth Gradewald, Wedderstedt, Kreis Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt
• Durk Harmens de Boer, Benedenknijpe († 1863)
• Bastiaantje (2) Rijsdijk, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1847)
• Aaltje Grothof, DTB Rotterdam inv. 1 Doop gereformeerd, index nummer 142
• Catharina Coenders, Warbeijen Griethausen (Dld) († 1802)
• Anna Maria van der Steen, Den Dungen
• Antoine Joseph BALSEAU, Lasne Chapelle,1380,Brabant Wallon,Wallonie, België
• Durk Harmens de Boer († 1863)
• Alexander McColl, Argyllshire, Scotland
• Anna Maria Joseph KUMPS, Bierges, 25112, Brabant-Wallon, Belgique

• Bastiaantje Jacobs RIJSDIJK (6)
• Lydia Miner (61), Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Gerardus van Gelder (1), Amersfoort
• Grietje Klaas HOUWERTJES (43), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Maria Peter Westerlaaken, Rosmalen
• Maria Harkes (3), Noordwolde, Bedum (verdronken)
• Geertje Tijmens van Kolfschoten (41), Renswoude
• Joost Halbetsma (64), Grouw, Friesland, Nederland
• Maria Karolina Franciska Felicitas Gräfin von Trapp (41)
• Geertje Tijmense van Kolfschoten (41), Renswoude, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1730 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic († 1817)
• 1764 » Jan Paweł Łuszczewski, Polish politician († 1812)
• 1796 » Jan Paweł Lelewel, Polish painter and engineer († 1847)
• 1798 » Wolfgang Menzel, German poet and critic († 1873)
• 1817 » Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet († 1848)
• 1819 » Abner Doubleday, American general († 1893)
• 1821 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian soldier, journalist, and politician, 6th President of Argentina († 1906)
• 1824 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer († 1907)
• 1835 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author († 1896)
• 1839 » Sam Watkins, American soldier and author († 1901)

• 1752 » Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
• 1757 » Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1784 » Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (b. 1728)
• 1793 » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)
• 1793 » James Dickey, Irish revolutionary (b. 1776)
• 1795 » Johannes Jährig, German linguist and translator (b. 1747)
• 1808 » Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)
• 1810 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
• 1830 » George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1836 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)

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 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 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• 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.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).

The temperature on June 26, 1788 was about 16.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.