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• Bront Hindriks OLDENBURGER, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1862)
• Bront Hendriks Oldenburger, Veendam († 1862)
• Brond Hindriks Oldenburger, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1862)
• Adrianus van der Voort, Hazerswoude
• Anna van de Mont, Haps, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Anna van de MONT, Haps, 3636, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Cornelia Claesdr. van der Voort, Hazerswoude († 1861)
• Christina Otten, Hechtel (BE) († 1834)
• Bernardus Fredericus Broekman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1823)
• Anna Maria Van Dijk, Weurt (Beuningen) († 1864)

• Andries Andriesz Querl (Guerl) (Kwerl) (71), Westzaandam
• Jan Korrij (Corrij) (21), Amsterdam St. Anthonis kerkhof
• Jacob Arieszn van Bergeijk (45), Wijk en Aalburg, 4260, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelius Vos, Nispen-Essen, België
• François CROCHET (56), , Notre-Dame-de-Monts, 85690, France
• Petrus Jacobus ( Van Steenkiste ) Vansteenkiste (0), Ichtegem
• Neeltje Jansd Versluys (0), Fijnaart (N.B.)
• Mort Né SEGERS (0), Nattenhaasdonk,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Bras (31), nordhorn (d)
• Dingenaar Schenk (51), Pijnacker

• 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
• 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
• 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
• 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
• 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
• 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
• 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
• 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)
• 1846 » Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor († 1923)

• 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Elisabeth
7. Joanna
8. Marie
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Adriana
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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)
• May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
• June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
• August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
• August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
• November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).

The temperature on August 23, 1786 was about 16.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.