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Born on Saturday August 21, 1751
- Gerardus Gerits Loermans, Wijchen, Nederland († 1804)
- Amy Thweatt Goodwyn, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1834)
- Anna Maria Lutgens (Lutjens) († 1794)
- Gerardus BOYEN, Halle-Booienhoven, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, Belgie († 1824)
- Dirksje van den Bout, Hardingsveld
- Gerardus Loermans, Wijchen
- Gradus Gerrits LOERMANS, Beuningen († 1804)
- Godefridus Van Nerom, Halle († 1789)
- Elisabeth Schopmans, Hulst
- Anna Maria de Winter, Wassenaar
Died on Saturday August 21, 1751
- Lijsabeth Albertsen Nijhuis
- Jeanne THIJS (51), Groot-Gelmen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
- Arij Ariens Teeuwen (53), Berkenwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Franciscus Vervliet (64), Broechem
- Abagail Barker (7), Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America
- Willem Verhart (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Franciscus Vervliet (59), Broechem
- Henry Hill (26), Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Jan Baneman, Geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Lamers (Tonissen) (31), Meijel,, Limburg, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 21, 1751 at Delpher
Born on August 21
- 1725 » Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator († 1805)
- 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
- 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
- 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
- 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
- 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
- 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
- 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
- 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
- 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)
Died on August 21
- 1673 » Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (b. 1599)
- 1689 » William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)
- 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
- 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
- 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
- 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
- 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
- 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
- 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
- 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
Names that were popular for boys in 1751
Names that were popular for girls in 1751
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1751
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- July 6 » Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- December 14 » The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Weather August 21, 1751
The temperature on August 21, 1751 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.