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Born on Wednesday August 22, 1787
- Elisabeth Wilhelmina van Gils, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1856)
- Anne Marie Joseph CASTELAIN, Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, 59482, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1870)
- Elisabeth Trouwe (Trouwee), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1828)
- Christianus Geerts, Zundert, Nederland
- Vermeulen, Goirle. Noord-Brabant. Nederland († 1839)
- "Mattheus Verhappen" Mathieu Mathieu, Geldrop, NL († 1841)
- Elisabeth van Gils, Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1868)
- David Gerards, Oene (Gem. Epe) († 1869)
- Elisabeth Trouwee, Leiden († 1828)
- David Todd, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States († 1871)
Died on Wednesday August 22, 1787
- Elisabeth Haagendoorn, Zwolle
- Garrit Lammerts, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Cornelia Jongenelen (53), Roosendaal en Nispen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Johan Peter Joseph Savelsberg, Kerkrade, Gemeente Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
- Elisabeth JANSSEN (68), Baarlo, Limburg, Nederland
- Joannes Petrus Josephus Savelsberg (67), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
- Adrianus ADRIAANSENS (4), Hilvarenbeek,Noord Brabant,Netherlands
- (Anna) Sybilla Geurts (Lenaerts) (54), Obercruchten
- Maria Rosine van Kolowrat-Krakowska (33)
- Lucy Penn Taylor (4), Rapidan, Orange, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 22, 1787 at Delpher
Born on August 22
- 1760 » Pope Leo XII († 1829)
- 1764 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer († 1838)
- 1771 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer († 1831)
- 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
- 1778 » James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1860)
- 1788 » Thomas Tredgold, English engineer and author († 1829)
- 1800 » Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar († 1865)
- 1800 » William S. Harney, American general († 1889)
- 1827 » Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician († 1906)
- 1834 » Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer († 1906)
Died on August 22
- 1711 » Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
- 1752 » William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
- 1773 » George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)
- 1793 » Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
- 1797 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
- 1806 » Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (b. 1732)
- 1818 » Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
- 1828 » Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
- 1850 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
- 1861 » Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
Names that were popular for boys in 1787
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Joannes
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Klaas
- Dirk
- Jean
- Adrianus
- John
Names that were popular for girls in 1787
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Trijntje
- Catharina
- Joanna
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Marie
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Aaltje
- Jannetje
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1787
- 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)
- February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
- May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
- May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
- June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
- August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
Weather August 22, 1787
The temperature on August 22, 1787 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.