About the day » Wednesday August 26, 1739Calender converter

• Eerdewijn Bolmeijer, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1742)
• Anna Maria Crombez, Woumen
• Angelau Franc, Leiden (Zuid Holland)
• Cornelis Ijbrantsz. van der Bijl, Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Cornelius Rogers, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts († 1818)
• Adrianus De Kepper, Herenthout (2270, Antwerpen) († 1741)
• Engeltje van Randwijk, Dordrecht
• Aaltje Mulder, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Franke(n)
• Anna Maria CROMBEZ, Woumen,8600,West-Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË

• Edward Locke (76), Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire
• Catharina van Croij (69), Kalmthout (België)
• Joanna Catharina Langbeen (2), Hingene (Bornem), België
• Joannes Constantinus Mosel (44)
• Anna (Annetje) Philipsdr Spaans (52), Scheveningen
• Elisabeth Brynaert, Denderhautem
• Annetje Spaans (52), Scheveningen
• Anna Philipsdr (Annetje) Spaans (52), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Klaas Derks Kisjes (2)
• Josephus Aelbrecht (0), Buggenhout

• 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)
• 1797 » Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia († 1879)

• 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)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
• September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
• September 18 » The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
• October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
• November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

The temperature on August 26, 1739 was about 27.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder.