About the day » Monday August 21, 1769Calender converter

• Aukje Kastelein
• Anne Elisabeth BERTRAND, SPA, Liège, Belgique († 1835)
• Gerardus Cobus Emonds, Boekel († 1847)
• "Justina" Joostina Joostina, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten († 1837)
• Franciscus Petri Moirs Moors, Bakel, Nbr.NL († 1813)
• Aukje Baukes Sipma, Suawoude, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1830)
• Andreas De Bruijn, Nuland († 1773)
• Christophorus de Bruijn, Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Abraham Verwijs, Sint Philipsland gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1844)
• Coenraad van Boxtel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1837)

• Neeltje Groot (35), Twisk
• Aren de Kramer (67), Ouddorp
• Cornelis Hubregts (85), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• JOANNES GABRIEL VEREECKEN (42), CLINGE,ZEELAND,NEDERLAND
• Pieter Gastelaer (66), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Maria Francisca De Sadeleer (49), Herzele
• Commertje Dirks van Houden (47)
• Joseph Antoine Esteve BALETA (58)
• Marie Therese Smagghe (0), Bergues, Duinkerke
• Lena van Bokkem (1), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1725 » Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator († 1805)
• 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
• 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
• 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
• 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
• 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
• 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
• 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
• 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
• 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)

• 1689 » William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)
• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)

• 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 21, 1769 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken regen.