About the day » Saturday August 25, 1770Calender converter

• Anna Dorothea Kaatz, Hansfeld, Filehne, Prosekel, Posen, Prussia
• Gaspar François Augustin DUPIERRY
• Cornelia Pieterse DE VISSER, Hoge en Lage Zwaluwe, Gemeente Drimmelen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1846)
• Guillaume Hest van, St Michielsgestel († 1855)
• Catharina Witlox, Esch
• Godefridus Kitzen, Grevenbicht (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland († 1828)
• Brigitta Ludovica Seys, Zarren
• Godefridus (Geoffroi) Kitzen, Grevenbicht († 1828)
• Daniel Weber, Wallau, Kreis Biedenkopf († 1772)
• Anna Elisabeth Marguerite STELLINGWERFF

• Agnes Agneta Kaal Cael Caal (83), Groesbeek
• Claes Cornelisz SCHRAMA (Van SCHRAMADE) (57), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hannah Sharp (63), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony
• Gerritje Bitter (0), Harderwijk
• Gijsberta van GILSE (73), Leiden, 6115, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Pietersz. de Ruijter (54), Rijswijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christianus Joanneszn Nijsse (Dionisius) van Wanrooij (67), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacobus Boel (25), Ruppelmonde,9150,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE
• Antje Klaassen (38), Nieuwolda
• Eunice DICKINSON (73), Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten

• 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)
• 1812 » Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist († 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)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. John
16. Johann

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Catharina
5. Cornelia
6. Elisabeth
7. Joanna
8. Marie
9. Trijntje
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Elizabeth
15. Adriana
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)
• May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
• June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
• July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
• July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on August 25, 1770 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog.