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• Cornelisje Gerrits Gaarts, Brummen (GE(
• Antonius Richard, Delft
• Anna Christina Stoll, Thamsbrück († 1846)
• Ann Mains, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1849)
• Cornelisje Gerrits Gaarts, Brummen (GE(
• Catherine Simmerman, Hardy, Bedford, Virginia, United States († 1865)
• Anna, Maria Gausmann, Gellenbeck, Hagen a.T.W., Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1788)
• Constance Elisabeth Timmerman
• Aret Struijk, Dordrecht († 1838)
• Befke (Betje) Burman, Franeker († 1867)

• Cornelis Josephus (Franciscus?) Maijvis Meyvis Meijvis Meijvisch, Made
• Arnoldus Mannaerts (67), Lommel, Limburg, België
• Hijnderik Scholten (88), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hubertus Fransse de Graef (67), Den Haag
• Antonia van Stralen (57), Den Haag
• Huibert Corstiaansz. van der Meide(Meijde) (0), Nieuw Beijerland (ZH Nederland
• Adriana Kamp (1), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hubertus de Graaff (66), Den Haag
• Emmanuel Spanoghe (68), Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Cornelis Josephus Franciscus Maijvis (68), Made en Drimmelen

• 1729 » George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician († 1819)
• 1753 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight († 1809)
• 1790 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor († 1866)
• 1799 » Oscar I of Sweden († 1859)
• 1804 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer († 1864)
• 1807 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician († 1882)
• 1816 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club whisky († 1899)
• 1826 » Stephen Foster, American songwriter and composer († 1864)
• 1842 » Hermann Cohen, German philosopher († 1918)
• 1845 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian († 1905)

• 1742 » Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
• 1754 » Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680)
• 1761 » Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689)
• 1780 » Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
• 1787 » Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
• 1821 » Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1826 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1826 » Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
• 1831 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1848 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)

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 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• 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 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.

The temperature on July 4, 1788 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.