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• Antonia van Schaijk, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis van Bladel, Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1824)
• Anna Potappel, Baarland, Zeeland, NL († 1768)
• Anna Petrus Vennix, Oostelbeers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1828)
• Getrudis Menis, Schimmert (Beekdaelen), Limburg, Nederland († 1766)
• Ariaantje Botes Van der Kolk, Warga († 1853)
• Dirk Ruyter
• Arriaantje Botes Werf van der, Warga, Idaarderadeel, Fr, Nederland
• Anna Peter Vennix, Oostelbeers († 1828)
• Anna Catharina VANDERGEEST, Kwaadmechelen Belgie

• Geertruij Jan Gerard van Stockum (50), Tilburg
• Leentje Eveleens (28), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Aartsen, Bennekom
• Anke Gosses (94), Wartena
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Wesselman (18), Brochterbeck
• Anne (94), Wartena
• Dieudonné LeLoup (73), St. Christ
• Eric Uhlbrandt (64), Oulu, Oulu, Finland
• Maarten Mercator (75), Sneek, Friesl
• cornelis leenderts BAKKER (59), alblasserdam

• 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)

• 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)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)

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

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

• 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)
• March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
• May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
• November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
• December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
• December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
• December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

The temperature on August 30, 1766 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.