About the day » Wednesday August 26, 1761Calender converter

• cornelius paradans, Tilburg, Netherlands
• Ariaantje van Middelburg, Leiden, Pieterskerk
• Catharina Constantia Delefortrie, Nieuwkapelle,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Antonia van den Akker, Vianen
• Daniel Bean Jenkins, Prince Georges, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1761)
• beatrix sybilla (bijke) wouters, oosterbeek († 1837)
• Bernardina Zweekhorst, Silvolde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1827)
• Egidius Bernardus Janssens, Hamme (O.-Vl.),, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1817)
• Anna Maria Westermeyer, Borgloh-Uphöfen
• Antonia Huiskes, Beltrum

• Geertruyd Hendriks Schoock (96), Driel,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gesina N (81), Bersede
• Lena Jans Hof van 't (56), Pernis
• Benoni Bissell (71), Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Gesina Lücken (36), Bersede, Haren
• Leena Jansdr Hof van 't (56), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Lena Jansdr van 't Hof (56), Pernis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Kniertje de Leeuw, Egmond aan Zee
• Catharina Petri Huyben (22), Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Lena Jansd. van 't Hof, Pernis, Nederland

• 1695 » Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter († 1791)
• 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
• 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
• 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
• 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
• 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
• 1775 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic († 1851)
• 1792 » Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay († 1857)
• 1797 » Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia († 1879)
• 1819 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom († 1861)

• 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
• 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
• 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
• 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
• 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)

• 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)
• January 14 » The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
• September 8 » Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
• September 22 » George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• December 16 » Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.

The temperature on August 26, 1761 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.