About the day » Sunday September 21, 1788Calender converter

• Agatha Wechter, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1862)
• Aalbert Hendriks Marsman, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1822)
• Antje Morits, Woubrugge, Nederland († 1844)
• Adriaan Adriaanse
• Aaltje Luitjens van der Meulen, Gorredijk, Fryslân, Netherlands
• Abraham van Leeuwen, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Thérésa Degroote, Brugge (BE)
• Antje van Mourik, Ameide en Tienhoven
• Adriaantje GOEDHART, Dordrecht († 1832)
• Annetje den Bogert, Vlaardingen

• Adriana Fransd PLAISIER (3)
• Bárbara Faleiro (91), Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Petrus Dominicus Brackenier (0), parochie Sint-Gengulphus, Oosterzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Jacobus Franciscus Andries (0), Temse
• Joanna Stappaerts (0)
• Maria BIJLEVELD (68), Leiden,, Pays-Bas
• Bertha van Gellekom (0), Amsterdam
• Jacque Gantois (73), Troisvilles (F)
• Nils LANGMEUHR (61), Linköping (Torp), Zweden
• Ignace COLLART (81), Corroy-le-Grand, Province du Brabant Wallon, Walloon Region, Belgie

• 1756 » John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer († 1836)
• 1758 » Christopher Gore, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 8th Governor of Massachusetts († 1827)
• 1760 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Minister of Justice for Imperial Russia († 1837)
• 1776 » John Fitchett, English poet († 1838)
• 1819 » Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois († 1864)
• 1840 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan († 1904)
• 1842 » Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire († 1918)
• 1846 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet († 1906)
• 1849 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor († 1905)
• 1853 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)

• 1709 » Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian statesman, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1639)
• 1719 » Johann Heinrich Acker, German historian and academic (b. 1647)
• 1743 » Jai Singh II, Indian king (b. 1688)
• 1748 » John Balguy, English philosopher and author (b. 1686)
• 1796 » François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (b. 1769)
• 1798 » George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (b. 1733)
• 1812 » Emanuel Schikaneder, German actor and playwright (b. 1751)
• 1832 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (b. 1771)
• 1860 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (b. 1788)
• 1874 » Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)

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 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 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 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.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on September 21, 1788 was about 16.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.