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• "Gerrit" Hendriks Ghijsen, Wijtgaard
• Catherine Rodman Prendergast, Mayville Chautauqua County New York, Verenigde Staten († 1862)
• Aafje van Dijk, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1879)
• Daniel Hartman, Oude-Tonge († 1842)
• Anthonia van der Geer, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1822)
• Adrianus Bruijn de, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Kegels, STEKENE († 1839)
• Cornelia Johanna DEKKERS, Wijk en Aalburg
• Catherine "Katy" Bauder Walrath
• Baukje Cornelis Westerbaan, Stavoren, Friesland, Nederland

• Geesken (Colenbrander) Brussen, Wisch, Oude IJsselstreek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirk Sijmonse Kruisweg (68), Noordwijk, Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
• Dirk Simonsz. Kruisweg (68), Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland
• Arie Beekum van (0), Pijnacker, ZH, Nederland
• Dirk Jansz Grootegoed (52), Naaldwijk
• Dorothea Elizabeth van Uytrecht (27), Curacao (NA)
• Anna Bastiaens (40), Veldwezelt
• Dirk Simonszn Kruisweg (68), Noordwijk
• Dirk Simonsz. Kruijsweg (68), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirkje Korpershoek (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1749 » Thomas Lynch Jr., American commander and politician († 1779)
• 1797 » Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer († 1879)
• 1802 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1829)
• 1811 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer († 1896)
• 1813 » Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist († 1896)
• 1815 » Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica († 1901)
• 1827 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil († 1892)
• 1828 » Louise of the Netherlands († 1871)
• 1833 » Carola of Vasa († 1907)
• 1843 » James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer († 1927)

• 1729 » Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)
• 1743 » John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
• 1778 » Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
• 1778 » Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)
• 1792 » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Catharina
8. Grietje
9. Neeltje
10. Aaltje
11. Joanna
12. Adriana
13. Marie
14. Jannetje
15. Antje
16. Elizabeth

• 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 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
• June 24 » The French Constitution of 1793 is formally adopted, although it is effectively suspended by the Committee of Public Safety.
• September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
• October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
• December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

The temperature on August 5, 1793 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.