About the day » Wednesday August 20, 1760Calender converter

• berend van oort, steenwijk († 1843)
• Berendina Johannes, Leeuwarden
• Adrianus (Janus) Zijveld, Nieuwkoop (Holland) († 1837)
• Adrianus Zeijerveld, Nieuwkoop († 1837)
• Godelieva Isabella ( Hendrickx ) Henderyckx, Stene ( Oostende ) († 1791)
• Catharina Theresa Vantorrenhoudt, Esen († 1830)
• Berend van Oort, Steenwijk
• Christoph Burchard Reinier van Witzleben († 1815)
• Jacobus Zijlmans
• Catharina Bijvoet, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1762)

• Hendrik van Gorp (55), Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Emerens Meertens Spanenburg, Montfoort
• Heijltje Tack (61), IJsselmonde
• Heijltje Anthonis TaCk (61), IJsselmonde Rdm
• Aeltien Lambers (Groot Bannink ) (62), Harfsen gem. Gorssel
• Anna Turquin (81), Haarlem
• heiltje tak, ijsselmonde (zuid holland)
• heijltje anthonijsdr TACK (61), ijsselmonde
• Heijltje Tak, IJsselmonde
• Antonius Joannes Vlemmix (49), Lierop, Nederland

• 1710 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic († 1761)
• 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
• 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
• 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
• 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
• 1789 » Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia († 1833)
• 1799 » James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar († 1840)
• 1833 » Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States († 1901)
• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)

• 1672 » Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
• 1672 » Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
• 1680 » William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
• 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
• 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 1773 » Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
• 1785 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)

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

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

• 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
• June 4 » Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
• June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
• October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
• November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
• November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

The temperature on August 20, 1760 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken.