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• Arie de GROOT, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1853)
• Antje Jans' Punter, Vinkega († 1839)
• Antonie Koppeling, Rhenen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Jans Punter, Finkegea
• Antonie Koppeling, Rhenen († 1819)
• Adriaan Livesse Adriaanse, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1788)
• Abel Klaassens van der Wal, Groningen († 1854)
• Antje Elberts Bos, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1855)
• Arentje Prins, 's-Gravenzande († 1849)
• Adam Kouwelaar, Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1843)

• Jacoba (Coba) Dirksdr. van der Velde (0), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline Dorothea van Langen (45), Greven, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Goutje Franken van Leusden
• Cornelis Aartse Veth (85), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johannes Josephus Roberts (60), Millen, Selfkant, DE
• Jan Schenk (46), Beemster
• Arij Willems De QUARTEL (1)
• Brela Segboer (9)
• Barthold Wolsink (69), Almen
• Johannes Josephus Roberts (60), Millen, Selfkant, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1753 » Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian († 1828)
• 1768 » Louis Desaix, French general († 1800)
• 1786 » Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician († 1836)
• 1786 » Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1861)
• 1801 » Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist († 1865)
• 1828 » Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician († 1897)
• 1840 » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist († 1922)
• 1845 » Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist († 1909)
• 1849 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland († 1919)
• 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)

• 1720 » Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1785 » Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
• 1786 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
• 1809 » Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
• 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)

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 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia 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.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 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 August 17, 1788 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.