About the day » Thursday August 2, 1759Calender converter

• Bertha Hermsen, Groessen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Laureys (Lauwreys, Laureijs, Lauwereys), Temse, België († 1767)
• Godeliva VERMEULEN, Tielt
• DAVID VAN ITERSON, GELLICUM († 1839)
• Henricus Martinus Aegidius van der Steen, Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henricus van der Steen, Den Dungen
• Adriana Kerkhof, Haarlem († 1834)
• Blaziena Leendertse Serier, Wissekerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1842)
• Catharina Krijgers, Harreveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1803)
• Botjen Mertens Hoekstra, Abbega

• Jean GERBER (0), Guevenatten (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Pettens (98), Bierbeek, V-Br, BE
• Arie Cornelisse Mooijman (35), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Benjamin DRAKE (83), Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Jean Baptiste Piette (76), Hopital General, Quebec, Canada
• Jacques Norbert GHEEROLFS (87), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Huijg Willemszn van Steijn (39), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Hendrik Cornelisz. LANGSTRAAT (47)
• Adrianus Sebast. VAN MOERGESTEL (68), Babiloni√´nbroek,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Arie (Cornelisse) Mooiman (35), gravenhage (scheveningen)

• 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)
• 1834 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty († 1904)

• 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)

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

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

• 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 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
• July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
• August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
• September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
• November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.

The temperature on August 2, 1759 was about 15.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen betrokken weerlicht.