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• Catherine KELLER, Illfurth, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1818)
• Aaltje de Boer, Uithoorn († 1837)
• Abraham Philip Peis Peper, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1845)
• Dorothea Dirks van den Bos, Rotterdam († 1830)
• Anna Maria Catharina Moormann, Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland († 1804)
• Dieuwerke Kuiper, Nieuwolda
• Anna Maria Daemen, Hillensberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Cornelius Jacobus DOOM, Gistel, 8470, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1832)
• Aaltje Cornelis de Boer, De Kwakel († 1837)
• Arriaantje van Buren, Albany (Albany County) (New York)

• Anna Elisabeth Eberlein (69)
• Geertruij Teunisse Breevoort (45), Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joanna Rijke (15), Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes van Oirschot (0), Hilvarenbeek
• Volkert Andriesz Douw (55), Albany/NY
• Fokeltje Ottes IJzendoorn (42), Woudsend
• Coenraad Postien
• Trijntje Jans VAN 'T VEER (1), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Maria (Maritje) van Plaaten (49), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne-Marie BOUDREAU (78), Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada

• 1724 » John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician († 1781)
• 1730 » Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author († 1788)
• 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
• 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
• 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
• 1803 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian († 1895)
• 1809 » Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States († 1891)
• 1812 » Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1869)
• 1827 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland († 1897)
• 1845 » Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St Elisabeth († 1914)

• 1635 » Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
• 1664 » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
• 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Trijntje
8. Elisabeth
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Antje
12. Adriana
13. Elizabeth
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
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)
• February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
• April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
• November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
• December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
• December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

The temperature on August 27, 1768 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.