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Born on Tuesday August 10, 1688
- Gerarda Guarts, Duiven / NL
- Guillielmus VAN DE MAELE, Erembodegem, 41002, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1755)
- Cornelius Sponsus, Noorderwijk
- Cornelis Daniel Cornelissen Boeren, Nispen-Essen
- Erita Lennep van, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland
- Aletta Crook, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Engel Jacobsz Den Braassem, Delfshaven, S Holland, Neth († 1738)
- Antonia Cornelisse Muskens, Elshout
- Antonius Jansz Viget, Wijk bij Duurstede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1690)
- Esther de Saint-Macary, Pau
Died on Tuesday August 10, 1688
- Wouter Somers, Wilrijk, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Peterken van Rijmsdijk (77), Nijmegen
- Marie Papavoine (44), Jardin de Dantot
- Jeanne DUBAL (60), Rambures (80140) Picardie, France
- Harman Claesen (35)
- Martial BESLAND (80), Dampierre-sous-Bouhy (58-Nièvre), France
- Mechteld Jans Verwold (63), Rhenen
- Walterus Wouter SOMERS (100), Wilrijk, 11051, Antwerpen, Belgique
- Marritje Dircks Wieringen, Alphen, ZH, Nederland
- Phillip van Gercken (32), Neheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 10, 1688 at Delpher
Born on August 10
- 1602 » Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic († 1675)
- 1645 » Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary († 1711)
- 1734 » Naungdawgyi, Burmese king († 1763)
- 1737 » Anton Losenko, Russian painter and academic († 1773)
- 1740 » Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer († 1802)
- 1744 » Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour († 1754)
- 1755 » Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire († 1773)
- 1782 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico († 1831)
- 1805 » Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic († 1875)
- 1809 » John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer († 1851)
Died on August 10
- 1653 » Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
- 1655 » Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572)
- 1660 » Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (b. 1649)
- 1723 » Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician, French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1656)
- 1759 » Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
- 1784 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (b. 1713)
- 1796 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (b. 1759)
- 1802 » Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1724)
- 1806 » Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1737)
- 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1688
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- May 10 » King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
- September 26 » The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- November 1 » William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
- December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
- December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
- December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.