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• Antonius van Tilburg, Bakel en Milheeze († 1855)
• Cornelis van der Linden, Rijnsburg
• Abraham Frederik Strauss, Struis Bay, South Africa († 1851)
• Conrand Schick, Hesse, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany († 1860)
• Casimir De Sutter
• Aaltje Greuter, Monnickendam († 1833)
• Antonia van den Bergh, Zutphen († 1857)
• Aaltje Iedelsdochter GREUTER, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1833)
• Adriaantje Leendertsdr Goedegebuure, Sint Annaland († 1789)
• Antonia van der Bergh, Zutphen († 1857)

• François De Ro, Ruiselede
• Elisabeth Francken (48), Wuustwezel (B)
• Anna Catharina De Wilde (64), Zele
• Aaltien Luitjen (0), Opsterland
• Jacobus Serné (33), A/b VOC schip Rozeburg in Azie
• Esther Bertolet (Frey) Fry (31)
• Cornelis van Cooten (68), Neerlangbroek
• Abel Smith of Nottingham - MP (71), Wilford House, Notts
• Anna Henriëtta Diderica Wyck, van der (0), Oosterhesselen, huis de Klencke
• Anna Hemert, van, Ophemert

• 1730 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company († 1795)
• 1803 » Peter Chanel, French priest and saint († 1841)
• 1807 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic († 1893)
• 1813 » Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic († 1878)
• 1817 » Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska († 1899)
• 1817 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher († 1862)
• 1821 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic († 1889)
• 1824 » Eugène Boudin, French painter († 1898)
• 1828 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1889)
• 1849 » William Osler, Canadian physician and author († 1919)

• 1693 » John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)
• 1742 » Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 » Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)
• 1773 » Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)

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. Marie
9. Catharina
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.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on July 12, 1788 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.