About the day » Monday August 30, 1762Calender converter

• Albert Garritsen, Hengelo
• Aalbert Geert JONKERS, Erp, 3557, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Christiani, Darlingerode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt) († 1817)
• Elisabeth Mertens, Herentals, België († 1838)
• Guillaume Hoen, Neerkanne,,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi√´ († 1839)
• Anna Catharina Verdeyen, Kortenberg
• Arnoldus Van Den Bergh, Oplinter, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1812)
• Baukjen Jans
• Elizabeth Preiscillah Blachford, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Hillegje Luchthart, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• Cornelis Zachariasz Schoenmaker, Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Henderine Vlasbinder, Zonnebeke,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Jan Claesse Oudejans (87), Beemster
• Jeanne Joseph LECROART (32), Mouscron (Moeskroen)
• Anna Elisabeth Stoppel (67), Lengerich (Dld)
• Carel Landaal (62), Wenum, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelius Janssen (0), Baarle
• Druon Baudry, Mourmelon le Grand, 51400, France
• Jan Areines HUISMAN (66), Overschie, Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christophe Mongeau (66)

• 1716 » Capability Brown, British landscape architect († 1783)
• 1720 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread († 1796)
• 1748 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator († 1825)
• 1768 » Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist († 1812)
• 1797 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright († 1851)
• 1812 » Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery († 1869)
• 1818 » Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts († 1895)
• 1839 » Gulstan Ropert, French-American bishop and missionary († 1903)
• 1842 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia († 1849)
• 1844 » Emily Ruete/Salama bint Said, also called Sayyida Salme, a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman († 1924)

• 1619 » Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
• 1621 » Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (b. 1547)
• 1751 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)
• 1773 » Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (b. 1755, assassinated)
• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)

• 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 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
• May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
• September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
• September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
• October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

The temperature on August 30, 1762 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.