About the day » Tuesday August 5, 1738Calender converter

• Benedictus Henrici van de CAMP, Haren en Macharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1776)
• Helena Timmermans, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1783)
• Gerarda Scheerder, Didam
• Hendrik van Dongen, Raamsdonk
• Anna Ebskamp, St Remigius Katholisch, Borken, Munster, Germany
• Dominicus (Raes, Rois) Ruijs, Kieldrecht, België
• Elizabeth PELTON, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1827)
• Adriana Van Ginhoven, Brecht, Bisdom Antwerpen
• Cundertje Zuijdewind, Hoogland
• Anne Marie COLLARD, Fronville,6990,Luxemburg,Wallonië,BELGIË († 1810)

• Isabelle Alexandre de Croÿ-Solre (58)
• Johanna Feddens (57), Breda, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Adrianus Kooij van der (0), BerkelRodenrijs
• Maria Van Ael (40), Beerse
• Johann Conrad Hauer (24), Jena
• Elias Simoens, Aartrijke, Belgi
• Maria Theresia von KÜENBURG (71)
• Koenraad Frederik van Sydow, Berlijn
• Adriaen Hendricks VERGROESEN (52), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elias SIMOENS, Aartrijke, 8211, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1662 » James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian († 1728)
• 1681 » Vitus Bering, Danish explorer († 1741)
• 1694 » Leonardo Leo, Italian composer († 1744)
• 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)

• 1610 » Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
• 1633 » George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (b. 1562)
• 1678 » Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)
• 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)

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

The temperature on August 5, 1738 was about 26.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder bliksem.