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• abraham LECOMTE, Quaregnon (Belgium)
• Aaron Lane, Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
• Willempien Roetink, Zwolle († 1870)
• Arnoldus Beks, Nuenen († 1813)
• Antonetta van Arendonk, Oosterhout
• Aaltje de Graaf, Oldelamer, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Bernardina van den Elsen, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Kortleven, Lopik, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Marguerite BURGERS, CLERMONT-sur-BERWINNE, Liège, Belgique († 1827)
• Andries van Burgt, Westenschouwen († 1857)

• Cornelis Pietersz Haan (Doets) (44), Starnmeer, Nederland
• Celia Brederoo, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacoba Louise van der Beek (26), Batavia, Java
• Françoise St-Laurent (75), Rimouski,QC,CND
• Jacobus Manders 06AL (46), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Hendrik van COUWENHOVEN (80), Amsterdam, 4458, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Casper metz│Mes (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Christian Schneider (0), Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Joanna Mampaey (68), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Cornelis Haan (24), Stammeer, Nederland

• 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
• 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
• 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
• 1813 » Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author († 1855)
• 1818 » Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist († 1883)
• 1826 » Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III († 1920)
• 1830 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company († 1906)
• 1832 » Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian († 1918)
• 1833 » Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic († 1905)
• 1834 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect († 1873)

• 1705 » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 » Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 » Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Grietje
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Marie
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 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
• April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
• May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
• August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
• October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
• December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

The temperature on May 5, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.