About the day » Sunday August 20, 1769Calender converter

• Albert Jansz Jong, Durgerdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1841)
• Agatha Spaanderman, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jans JONG, Ransdorp (Amsterdam), Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1841)
• Anna Maria de Lou, Herkenbosch, Roerdalen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1850)
• Anna Sophia Criner, Brenken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Aart Both, stolwijk, Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1828)
• Abraham Horr
• Aaltje Adriaanse Knaap, Raamsdonk († 1803)
• Anna de Jong, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Willemsz Both, stolwijk (zuid holland) († 1828)

• Martha Reeve (2), Ridgrave Cum Botesdale, Suffolk, England
• Cornelia Willemse du Vloijs (0), Brouwershaven
• Elisabeth Claes BALLIINCX (78), Hamont, 3930, Limburg, België
• Petrus Joannes de ROO (71), Ruiselede, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Itien ALLERDS (4), Midhuizen, Vierhuizen, Ulrum, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Bart
• Eva Chava Arons van Naarden
• Joannes Baptist Nijs (61), Bornem, 2880, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Bastiaan Pieterse Oosthoek (84), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joseph Dyson (47), Trinity, Charles, Maryland, United States

• 1710 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic († 1761)
• 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
• 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
• 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
• 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
• 1789 » Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia († 1833)
• 1799 » James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar († 1840)
• 1833 » Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States († 1901)
• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)

• 1680 » William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
• 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
• 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 1773 » Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
• 1785 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
• 1854 » Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)

• 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)
• July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
• July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
• December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
• December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

The temperature on August 20, 1769 was about 14.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen. Special wheather fenomena: donder weerlicht.