About the day » Thursday August 26, 1723Calender converter

• Elisabeth Goedheer, Ossendrecht
• Catrijna van ROON, Delft
• Guilielmus Smet, Temse, O-Vl, BE († 1723)
• George Carpenter Earl van Tyrconnell († 1762)
• Daniel Rodrigues Lopes, Amsterdam († 1802)
• Cornelis Steengracht Heer van Oost- en West-Soubu, Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland († 1781)
• Anna Catharina Verbruggen, Stekene
• Elisabeth GOORTS(VAN EIJK), Someren(N-Br.)
• Elizabeth Drax, Abbey, Ellerton, Yorkshire, England († 1792)
• Cornelis Steengracht, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1781)

• Petrus Fonteyn (62), Zichem
• Anthonie van Leeuwenhoeck (90), Delft
• Petrus de Wachter (0), Boechout 2530, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Carl Gustaf Clodt von Jürgensburg (69)
• Karel Gustaaf Clodt van Jürgensburg (69)
• Petrus Fontain (62), Zichem 3770(Belgie)
• Neeltje Cornelis Sloof (49), Pernis
• Anthoni Philipsz. van Leeuwenhoek (90), Delft
• Marie Catherine DELECLUSE (84), Roucourt, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique, à l'âge d'environ 84 ans Inhumée le 27 août 1723-Roucourt,, Hainaut, Belgique
• Antoni van LEEUWENHOEK (90), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1676 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1745)
• 1694 » Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician († 1755)
• 1695 » Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter († 1791)
• 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
• 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
• 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
• 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
• 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
• 1775 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic († 1851)
• 1792 » Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay († 1857)

• 1595 » António, Prior of Crato (b. 1531)
• 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
• 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
• 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
• 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
• 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
• August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
• September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

The temperature on August 26, 1723 was about 19.0 °C.