About the day » Tuesday August 23, 1768Calender converter

• Anna Hermanna Tjassens, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1827)
• Anna van de Mont, Haps († 1855)
• Antje Sipkes, Stiens († 1843)
• Egbert Gatses Struiksma, Wommels († 1849)
• Antje Sytses, Oudkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Sipkes, Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1843)
• Aart Verhoef, Amersfoort († 1770)
• Egbert Gatzes Struiksma, Wommels († 1849)
• David Zaalberg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Kessel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• anthonia jansse vermeulen (31), De Haar
• Leentje Huijgsdr Haasnoot (46), Katwijk
• Joannes (Jan) Mattheusz Mol (33), Amersfoort
• Maria Margarethe van Millendonk (77), Paris, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Katharina Schuhmacher (59), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Marie Margarethe Von Millendonck (77), Paris 75 F
• Anthonia Jansze Vermeulen (31), De Haar
• Jan Prins (0)
• Anthonia Janze VERMEULEN (31), De Haar
• Jasper Onderdijk (37)

• 1724 » Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant († 1796)
• 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
• 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
• 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
• 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
• 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
• 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
• 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
• 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)

• 1652 » John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
• 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)

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)
• May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• 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.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on August 23, 1768 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken weerlicht. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.