About the day » Thursday August 25, 1768Calender converter

• Anna Elisabeth Rutten, Stevensweert
• Antie Aukes Jaarsma, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnolda Tijsdr van Velzen, Wassenaar
• Arentje van Velsen, Wassenaar
• Adriana van Velsen, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1826)
• Adrianus van Overbeeck, Diessen
• Antonius Manniën
• Antonius Mannien, Hoeven, Nederland († 1796)
• COLETA VAN DEN BRANDEN, MOERZEKE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1829)
• Aaltje Aesges (Aeschinus) Saagmans (Zaagmans), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1837)

• Grietje Pieters
• Carolus Ignatius Dewachter (25), Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aalbert Salee, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• neeltje hendricksdr BESEMER (79), fijnaart
• Anna Arendse Voorspui (33), Brandwijk
• Bernard Allard (61), Jodoigne (Geldenaken), Waals-Brabant, België
• Pieter de Bruijn (26), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Pieters
• Anna Arijsdr. Verspuij (33), Brandwijk, Nederland
• Hendrik Coenraadsz Postien (2), Bijlmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1724 » George Stubbs, English painter and academic († 1806)
• 1741 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author († 1792)
• 1744 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic († 1803)
• 1758 » Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer († 1810)
• 1767 » Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician († 1794)
• 1776 » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral († 1853)
• 1786 » Ludwig I of Bavaria († 1868)
• 1796 » James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder († 1876)
• 1802 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author († 1850)
• 1803 » Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias († 1880)

• 1688 » Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
• 1699 » Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
• 1711 » Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
• 1742 » Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
• 1774 » Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
• 1776 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
• 1797 » Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic (later 1st Governor of the State of Vermont) (b. 1730)
• 1819 » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)

• 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.
• 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 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on August 25, 1768 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: droog.