About the day » Saturday August 23, 1738Calender converter

• Aaltje KRAEIJ, Dordrecht († 1738)
• Cornelis Blom, Zuid-Schermer, Nederland († 1764)
• Catharina Hendriks Hopman, Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Langenbag, Hattem Gld
• Elisabeth Hurks, St.Oedenrode, No.Brab., Neth († 1745)
• Arent de Pri (Prie), Noortwijk aan Zee,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jacoba GEYSENS, Izegem,8870,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Cornelis Ariesz Blom, Schermer († 1764)
• Andreas Vanderborght, Langdorp (B) († 1741)
• Andreas Vanderborght, Langdorp,, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1741)

• Jacques CUIGNET (68), Capinghem,59160,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Isabella van Oost (36), Deurle (B)
• Nn SCHEELE, Terneuzen
• Doodgeboren Kind Nijsen HARTOG (0), IJsselmonde
• Lodewijk de Montolieu Baron van St. Hyppolite (69), Berlijn
• Reijer Reijersz Touw, Heenvliet
• Joanna Morton (76), Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Cornelia Aartse Langerak (60), Overschie
• Franz Dreves (86), Sonneborn
• Jan Kap (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1724 » Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant († 1796)
• 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
• 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
• 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
• 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
• 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
• 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
• 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
• 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)

• 1628 » George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)
• 1652 » John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
• 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)

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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.
• 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.
• July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

The temperature on August 23, 1738 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.