About the day » Sunday August 23, 1739Calender converter

• Aleida Gussinklo
• Abraham Simons, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje (Anna) van Woudenberg, Ameide, Utrecht, Nederland († 1803)
• Aaltjen Wolters, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna van Woudenberg, Ameide († 1803)
• Andries CLEMENT, Oudelande,ZB
• Aaltjen WOLTERS, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1739)
• Anthon Friedrich Rumpf, Zetel,Friesland,Niedersachsen,Bundesrepublick Deutschland († 1809)
• Andries Janse Clement, Oudelande, Borsele, Zeeland, Nederland († 1838)
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Gallep, Kettwig, Rheinland, Preussen († 1817)

• "Wijbrand" Jansz Schepen, Utrecht
• Aaltjen WOLTERS (6), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Jan te Giffel, Meddo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johann Peter Vollhard (47), Groß-Gerau, Duitsland
• Margaret Ellis (born Edwards) (55), Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania (Present USA)
• Jacob Jansz Noorden, Petten, nh.nld
• Jan van den HEUVEL (38), Baardwijk
• Lysbeth de Worm (59)
• antje bant (0), amsterdam, noord holland, nederland
• Francisco Felipe Mijares de Solorzano y Tovar (65), Caracas

• 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.
• February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
• 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 23, 1739 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.