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• Anna Rich, Dunkard Twp, Greene Cnty, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1860)
• Aaltje Pietersdr. Stuij, Wijngaarden († 1860)
• Aaltje de Groot, Harderwijk
• Anne Marguerite LEJEUNE, DOCHAMPS (Freigneux), Luxembourg, Belgique († 1865)
• Anna Elisabeth Stynen, Olen, België († 1833)
• Adriaan Pické Heer van Oud- en Nieuw Vossemeer, Goes, Zuid-Beveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1850)
• Aaltje (Alijda) Goossens (de Groot), Harderwijk
• Caroline Sophia van Oberkirch, Straatsburg, Elzas († 1830)
• Anna Catharina De Boeck, Wolvertem,, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1847)
• Bart Hekke, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1851)

• Anne Stenbock (24), Tallinn (Reval),, Estonie
• Cornelis de WIJS (53), 's-Hertogenbosch, 4192, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ferdinand Jerome Prins van Beauvau-Craon (67), Parijs
• Godefridus Rheul (78), Bergen, Li.NL
• Gerardus Neefs (5), Gierle, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Godefridus Ruel (72), Bergen, Limburg, Nederland
• Elizabeth TONMAN (MOSLEY) (28)
• Gerrit Jansz Veth (74), Dordrecht
• Ferdinand-Jérôme de Beauvau-Craon (67), Paris
• Heinrich v.Brandbg-Schwedt (18), unbekannt

• 1747 » Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician († 1807)
• 1753 » Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden († 1829)
• 1765 » Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician († 1831)
• 1789 » John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician († 1874)
• 1789 » William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist († 1855)
• 1807 » Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist († 1858)
• 1818 » John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury († 1905)
• 1834 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer († 1905)
• 1838 » John Hay, American diplomat, private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, 37th United States Secretary of State († 1905)
• 1845 » Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist († 1924)

• 1735 » Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
• 1754 » Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (b. 1707)
• 1772 » Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
• 1793 » John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
• 1795 » Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
• 1804 » Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
• 1809 » James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
• 1821 » Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
• 1834 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Jacob
8. Joannes
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Arie
16. Jean

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Trijntje
8. Grietje
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
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)
• March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
• May 29 » Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
• July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
• July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
• July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
• August 2 » The first United States Census is conducted.

The temperature on October 8, 1790 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder.