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• Alica Verbaarschot, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1845)
• Adriana Leeuwerik, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1822)
• Antonius Josephus Roebroeck, Heerlen († 1808)
• Alida Verbaarschot, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1845)
• Apollonia Jongeneel, Utrecht († 1867)
• Alida Vergeer, Oudewater,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaldert Geerts Hagedoorn, Smilde († 1828)
• Abram Verhagen, Weelde (B.) († 1788)
• Dorothée Geeroms, Pollare († 1840)
• Carolina Sebregts, Wouw († 1867)

• Elisabeth Dickel (17), Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna van der Berg (53)
• Hester Du Croix (48), Leiden,ZH (Vrouwekerk)
• Albertus Bots, Westerhoven,Gemeente Bergeijk,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Andries Gerarduss Dijkgraaf (1), Bleiswijk, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• João de Resende Costa (61), Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Joanna Jacobsdr. Tettero (0), Naaldwijk
• Joannis Peter van Riel (59), Tilburg
• Arie van der Berg, Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Goddard

• 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 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.

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