About the day » Saturday August 16, 1738Calender converter

• Anne Marie de Guérin, Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
• Cornelis KAMSTEEG, Hardinxveld
• Cornelis Westgeest, Warmond († 1829)
• Gertruuij van Overeem, Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Edward Miles, St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina († 1765)
• Henricus Vleminckx, Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Smit, Leiden, Nederland
• Ann Beardsley, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States († 1760)
• Cornelis Herbertszn Kamsteeg, Neder Hardinxveld († 1783)
• Hillegonda van Remmerden, Amerongen († 1813)

• Rudolf Bernhard Huntemann, Düthe
• Wilhelmus Corton, Amersfoort
• Neeltje Gerbrants Kruijt (0), Westknollendam, Nederland
• Adrien Paijen
• Mary Mirriam (40)
• Aaltje Willink (60), Winterswijk, Nederland
• Stephen Borden (33), Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Dimanche PASQUELIN (76), Château-Chinon (58 Nièvre), France
• Aaltje (Aeltjen) Willink (60), Winterswijk
• Patience Freeman (91), Rochester

• 1645 » Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author († 1696)
• 1650 » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer († 1718)
• 1682 » Louis, Duke of Burgundy († 1712)
• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)

• 1661 » Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608)
• 1678 » Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
• April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
• April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
• May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
• May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
• July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.

The temperature on August 16, 1738 was about 18.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen en betrokken.