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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 17th century18th century19th century
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1787 (MDCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1787th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 787th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of 1787, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Date unknown

Births

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Deaths

  • November 15Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
  • December 11 – Robert de Lamanon, French botanist (b. 1752)
  • date unknown
    • Maria Pellegrina Amoretti, Italian lawyer (b. 1756)
    • The Two-Headed Boy of Bengal, sufferer from the rare condition Craniopagus parasiticus (b. 1783)
    • Francis William Drake, British admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1724)

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