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• Anna Elisabeth Pancken, Duizel Steensel († 1940)
• Cornelis Wagemaker, Leiden
• Eliszabeth (Lijsbeth) van Gelder(en), Tricht, Gelderland, Nederland († 1850)
• Godefridus Janssen, Hamont (B)
• Bernardus van Lingen, Maasland († 1817)
• Bernardus van Lingen, Maasland († 1817)
• Daniel M Carson, Fannet Twp, Cumberland, Pennsylvania († 1850)
• Grietje OUWEJAN, Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1812)
• Anna Elisabeth Panken, Duizel
• Cornelius van de Huijgevoort, Hoogeloon († 1769)

• Geertien Klein Gelkink (84), Dinxperlo, Aalten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Elisabeth Latten, Heerlen (NL)
• Geertjen Gelkinck (84), Dinxperlo (De Heurne)
• Cornelis Sybrandtsz Brouwer (54)
• Geertien Klein Gelkink (82), Dinxperlo, Aalten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Andreas GOETBLOET (0), Sint-Gummarus Lier
• Lucia Jansse van Gerwen, Gemert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Catharina MEYERS (37), Membruggen, 3770, Riemst, Limburg, België
• Alberta, Nieuwendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Geertjen Klein Gelkink ( Gelkinck) (80), Dinxperlo (Aalten)

• 1728 » Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria († 1797)
• 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
• 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
• 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
• 1792 » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author († 1875)
• 1805 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author († 1872)
• 1809 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author († 1894)
• 1810 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat († 1884)

• 1657 » John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
• 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)

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.
• June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• 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 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

The temperature on August 29, 1768 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.