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• Abraham Willemsz Rietdijk, Rockanje († 1883)
• Adriaan Adriaansz Colijn, Wijk
• Agetta Lamberdina de Ruiter, Charlois, Nederland († 1865)
• Agatha Lambertina de Ruyter, Charlois († 1865)
• Aagje Knol, Nibbixwoud († 1823)
• Akke de Vries, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1794)
• Adam Adamsz Lak, Medemblik († 1866)
• Aaltje Klaas van Pijlen, Nieuwkoop († 1811)
• Aaltje van Peijlen, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1811)
• Aaltje Cornelis Mulder, Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1792)

• Jennigjen Assuerussen Kost, Arrien, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aeltjen teWeekamp (73), Winterswyk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Geertjen Jacobs Rents, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacobus De Loddere (69), Koolkerke
• Gerhard Schulte (71), Klein Dohren
• Johann Georg Steinhulber (1), Schwarzwald, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany
• Jannetje Mengelsd FORTUIJN (2)
• Anne Fookes ANNEMA
• Bernhard Pfeiffer (27), Nenderoth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Catherine Margaret Waggoner (51), United States

• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)
• 1824 » John Chisum, American businessman († 1884)
• 1839 » Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker († 1915)

• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Trijntje
8. Grietje
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
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)
• March 1 » The first United States census is authorized.
• March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
• August 2 » The first United States Census is conducted.
• December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
• December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

The temperature on August 15, 1790 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.