About the day » Sunday August 26, 1742Calender converter

• Aeltjie Louwerens, Beets/Beetsterzwaag/Olterterp
• Aagtje Aarjendr Heeman, Oudkarspel, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1799)
• Anna Hendriksdr Rekter, Veenendaal
• Anna Maria Beijmans, Heumen en Malden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1801)
• Anna Maria van Lith, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida de Roon, Capelle, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anneken Jansen Schuiling
• Aagje Bloemendaal, Assendelft, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hebelina, Meppel († 1743)
• Alida Jans, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1829)

• Gezina du Pree (1), Winterswijk, Gl
• Henricus Koenders (65)
• Adriana Corebunders (43), Betekom, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie
• Jacobje Jacobs (42), Lettelbert
• Jan Hicke (2)
• Anna Andriessen OOMEN (39), Oosterhout, 4070, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Lijsbet" Huijgensdr Noordergraft (37)
• Gezina du Du Pree (1), Winterswijk
• Anna Andries Oomis (39), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Paola Flaminia Odescalchi (19)

• 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)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
• April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

The temperature on August 26, 1742 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder.