About the day » Thursday August 31, 1786Calender converter

• Frederik Jan ZILLEVOLD, Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1857)
• Aaltje SPRUIJTENBURG, Waarder
• Frances Ellsworth, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1868)
• AARTJE AARTSEN (VAN DE GLIND), Amersfoort
• Charlotte_Th‚RŠSe DE KUYPER
• Francina Adriana Odé, Utrecht († 1788)
• Cornelia Schapendonk, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1814)
• Geertje van den Berg, Amersfoort
• Eltje Stoffers Schuitema, Obergum Gem.Winsum († 1859)
• Agniete Eltjes, Muntendam

• Charles HOWARD (65)
• Peter EISENBARTH (62), Labach, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
• Maarten de Jong (61), Lekkerkerk
• Niclaes Johannes van der HAAK (43), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacques Paul Lauzon (75), Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
• Ludovicus Jan Wollaart (73), Oisterwijk
• Charles (10th Duke of Norfolk) Howard (65), Middlesex, England
• Anthoni Nanning (53), Mijdrecht, UTR, Nederland
• Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk (65)
• Petronella Hanegraaff, Erp

• 1741 » Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator († 1816)
• 1748 » Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright († 1820)
• 1767 » Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen († 1798)
• 1775 » Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author († 1836)
• 1797 » Stephen Geary, English architect, inventor and entrepreneur († 1854)
• 1802 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general († 1834)
• 1821 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist († 1894)
• 1823 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1907)
• 1834 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator († 1886)
• 1842 » Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist († 1924)

• 1730 » Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (b. 1660)
• 1741 » Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (b. 1681)
• 1772 » William Borlase, English geologist and historian (b. 1695)
• 1795 » François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (b. 1726)
• 1799 » Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (b. 1720)
• 1811 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
• 1814 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
• 1817 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
• 1818 » Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)

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)
• June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
• August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
• August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
• December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

The temperature on August 31, 1786 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.