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• Bernardus Norbert, Made,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1848)
• Filippijntje Das, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1805)
• Anna Catharina van Ginhoven, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Roosbroeck, Putte Bij Mechelen († 1846)
• Anthonie van Zutphen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas van Dortmond, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1832)
• Elisabeth (Marijnisse) Akkermans, Rucphen, NL († 1853)
• Cornelis Backer, Alkemade († 1813)
• Anna Catharina Van Ginhoven, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arendje Lambooij, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Jan Arnold Norman (75), Amsterdam
• Leendert Groenewegen (73), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertrui Johanna Westpalm (27), Groningen
• Helena De Vleeshauwer, Deftinge
• Metje Kroost (79), Ankeveen
• Anna Catharina Janssens, Tielen
• Leendert Frederikzn GROENEWEGEN (73), Stompwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina von Houwaldt (29)
• Catherine , Chastagnier (69), Francillon-sur-Roubion, 26137, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes
• Marie-Catherine Gervais (0), Ste-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Qc

• 1695 » Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter († 1791)
• 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
• 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
• 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
• 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
• 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
• 1775 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic († 1851)
• 1792 » Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay († 1857)
• 1797 » Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia († 1879)
• 1819 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom († 1861)

• 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
• 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
• 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
• 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
• 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)

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 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 26, 1768 was about 15.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.