About the day » Tuesday August 28, 1770Calender converter

• Anna Sophia Gerdeman, Albersloh, Münster, Germany
• Alida Messchaert, Hoorn
• Charles Philippe Bonfils TAINTENIER, Mons, 53053, Hainaut, Belgique († 1839)
• Abiel CRAM, Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Colonial America († 1846)
• Arnold Bergmans, Ledeacker (Oploo), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1840)
• (Anna) Maria de Bolster, Leiden († 1838)
• Bauke Reins Wijnsma, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1827)
• Alexander Josephus Desot, Woumen,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1837)
• Anje Jans Knapper, Noordbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Anna Catharina Scoeters, Bautersem († 1770)

• Jan De Ridder (7), Moorsel
• Catharina Elisabeth Tewes (51)
• Anne Helaine Robache (36), Beaumont
• Frederikus Burger (4), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Joannes Cloeck Kloeck (74)
• Albertus Cornelius Homan (10), Vries
• Catherine Elizabeth Lewis (51), England
• Abraham Johannes Ackerman (39), Hackensack (Bergen), New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Roperts, Landkreis Mettmann, Ratingen, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Aalbertje Jobhet Kouwenhoven (75), Hoogvliet

• 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. 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)
• April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
• May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
• 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.
• 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).
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on August 28, 1770 was about 16.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.