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• Adriana van Poppel, Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1846)
• Aaltjen (Aleida) Slotboom, Hummelo-Hummelo en Keppel (Bronckhorst) († 1860)
• Anna Joseph Wegne, Ensival, Liège, Belgique
• Anna Dam, Zundert
• Aleida Bloem, Keppel († 1860)
• Barthélémy THIEBAUT
• Adriaan Cornelis van Noppen, 's-Gravenpolder, Zeeland, Nederland († 1858)
• Anna Cornelia Goormans
• Annechien Roelofs IJmker, Hoogeveen nederland
• amand fortuné AUDEZ, Dour (Belgium)

• Catharina Elisabeth Hoffmann (68), Ohrbeck
• Ary Doeve, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Rutten WIJENBERGH (34), Meerlo, 2929, Limburg, Nederland
• Elizabeth JAMES
• Hermina, Winssen
• Cornelis van der (Gaegh) Gaag (64), Maassluis
• Jacob van der Gaag (64), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jean Baptiste Mullier (74), Halluin, 59 (F)
• Jannetje van Nuijs (Huijs) (20), Schiedam
• Anna van der Meer (31), Overschie (ZH-NLD)

• 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
• 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
• 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
• 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
• 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
• 1775 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic († 1851)
• 1792 » Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay († 1857)
• 1797 » Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia († 1879)
• 1819 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom († 1861)
• 1854 » Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer († 1932)

• 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
• 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
• 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
• 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
• 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Aaltje
8. Catharina
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Elizabeth
14. Antje
15. Adriana
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)
• January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

The temperature on August 26, 1788 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.