About the day » Sunday August 28, 1768Calender converter

• Anna Leendertsdr Don, Vlaardingen († 1792)
• Alje Sijmens, Menkeweer
• Anna Battekee, Amersfoort
• Bartholomeus de Waal, Wouw(Dorp)
• "Jongkees" Boots, Den Helder
• Aaltje Jacobs, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Aartsd de Pleyt, Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• "Pietertje" Teunisdr Duijnker, Den Hoorn (Texel) († 1827)
• Aaltje Rens, Nunspeet
• Aagje de Jong, Katwijk Binnen

• Nicolaas Hendrik van Hoorn (70), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Catharina Vlaming (53), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Govert Jansse van der Aa (63)
• Catharina de Vlaming (53), Barneveld,Gemeente Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Franciscus Joannes Dejeude (0), Blankenberge,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Petrus Jacobs, Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernardinus van Dam (7), Jaarsveld
• Marguerite ROUGET (60), Le Bocasse,76690,Seine-Maritime,FRANCE,Haute-Normandie
• David KNOCKAERT (68), Aartrijke,8211,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Hendrik Wiedeman, Kampen

• 1714 » Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1774)
• 1728 » John Stark, American general († 1822)
• 1739 » Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer († 1818)
• 1749 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat († 1832)
• 1774 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition († 1821)
• 1801 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher († 1877)
• 1814 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author († 1873)
• 1816 » Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria († 1884)
• 1822 » Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria († 1904)
• 1827 » Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess († 1894)

• 1665 » Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (b. 1638)
• 1678 » John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1602)
• 1735 » Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
• 1757 » David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
• 1784 » Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
• 1793 » Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740)
• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)

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. Trijntje
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Antje
12. Adriana
13. Elizabeth
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
16. Mary

• 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.
• May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• 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 28, 1768 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog.