About the day » Wednesday August 24, 1757Calender converter

• Gerardus Chernico, Emmerich, Sankt Aldegundis Katholisch
• Aleida Gerrits Berghorst, Heerde
• Cornelis Emmelot, Doesburg
• Bartholomeus SPITTAEL, Oudegem,9200,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1757)
• Adreas Livinus Tanghe, Eernegem († 1781)
• AUGUSTUS WUYTACK, HAMME,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1822)
• Arriaantje Casteleijn, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Anna Elisabeth Peeters, Langdorp
• Adriana Ariens Kasteleijn, Maassluis,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Atje Roelofs († 1832)

• Francois Collemans (67), Chaam
• Aagje Pietersdochter van der Graaf (59), Oudshoorn, Nederland
• Fransois Collemans (67), Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Jannetje Seis (41), Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Livinus Verschelden (56), Eksaarde (Lokeren), Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Jacob Gijsbertsz Dirksen, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob Davids Goekoop (0), Goedereede, Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands
• Klaasje Arisd van Seijst (87), Utrecht, ut.nld
• Cornelis TIBERIUS, Kruisland (N.Br. Nl)
• Neeltje Trooijen (22), Sliedrecht

• 1684 » Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet, British politician († 1746)
• 1714 » Alaungpaya, Burmese king († 1760)
• 1732 » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist († 1785)
• 1758 » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1794)
• 1759 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician († 1833)
• 1772 » William I of the Netherlands († 1840)
• 1787 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer († 1834)
• 1824 » Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar († 1891)
• 1837 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)

• 1680 » Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (b. 1618)
• 1683 » John Owen, English theologian and academic (b. 1616)
• 1759 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1770 » Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
• 1779 » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 » Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)

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

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

• 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)
• January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
• January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
• May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
• May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
• June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
• December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.

The temperature on August 24, 1757 was about 19.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen betrokken.