About the day » Wednesday August 2, 1752Calender converter

• Abraham Jr Hunsaker, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1834)
• Anastasius Ludwig Mencken, Helmstedt, Braunschweig, Germany († 1801)
• Geertruy Pijl, Enkhuizen,Gemeente Enkhuizen,North Holland,Netherlands
• Jacoba Claasdr Valkenburg, Delfshaven
• Durck Berends Hus († 1809)
• Elisabeth Tilborg, Maasbracht († 1829)
• Dominicus Bolsens, Haasdonk (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Jan Mol, Beringen,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgium
• George Hunsucker, Pennsylvania, United States († 1834)
• Catharina Elisabeth Tilborgh, Maasbracht († 1829)

• Aart van Zijl, Bunnik, 3981, Nederland
• Geertje Cornelisdr vanTeijlingen (80), Voorburg
• Bertha Meuwissen (69), Neer, 6086, Nederland
• Jacobus Burghout (32), Meeuwen Hill Babyloninienbr., Nederland
• Catherina Adelheit Strubbe (0), Epe
• Cornelis Andeweg, Numansdorp
• Anthonie Leenderts Stolk (12), Zuid Beijerland
• Johanna Catharina van Altena (40), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacobus Willemszoon Burghout (32), Meeuwen
• Jacobus BURGHOUT (40)

• 1674 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans († 1723)
• 1696 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan († 1754)
• 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
• 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
• 1740 » Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general († 1817)
• 1754 » Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. († 1825)
• 1788 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic († 1853)
• 1815 » Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet and historian († 1894)
• 1820 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer († 1893)
• 1828 » Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general († 1895)

• 1667 » Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
• 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
• 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
• 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
• 1799 » Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
• 1815 » Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763)
• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)

• 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
• April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
• June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
• September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

The temperature on August 2, 1752 was about 19.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.