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• Aaldert Geerts Hagedoorn, Smilde († 1828)
• Alida Vergeer, Oudewater,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Leeuwerik, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1822)
• Elisabeth Haverkamp, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Alida Verbaasschot, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1845)
• Anna Maria Buscherhoff, Lohne, Duitsland († 1819)
• Appollonia Jongeneel, Utrecht († 1867)
• Dorothée Geeroms, Pollare († 1840)
• Dorothea GEEROMS, Pollare († 1840)
• Apollonia Danckaert, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1846)

• Catharina Francisca Degryse (66), Langemark West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Arij van Velsen (0)
• Hubertus Oosterveen (51), Pijnacker
• Joanna Tettero, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Helena Wilhelmina van der Aa (2), Haarlem
• Hubertus Reijsen (78), Schoonbeek Bilzen
• Joannis Peter van Riel (59), Tilburg
• Anna van der Berg (53)
• Helena Wilhelmina van der Aa (2), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Blaize Michel (61), Velle-le-Châtel, 70536, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France

• 1748 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher († 1809)
• 1757 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton († 1854)
• 1757 » Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge († 1834)
• 1776 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist († 1856)
• 1783 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia († 1801)
• 1788 » Adoniram Judson, American missionary and lexicographer († 1850)
• 1797 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and surveyor († 1855)
• 1805 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician († 1860)
• 1845 » André Bessette, Canadian saint († 1937)
• 1847 » Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, French-Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain († 1876)

• 1634 » William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)
• 1720 » Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)
• 1744 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)
• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)

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. Catharina
8. Aaltje
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 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 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.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

The temperature on August 9, 1788 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.