About the day » Wednesday August 8, 1770Calender converter

• Francina Sackeleu, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Marie Auguste Joseph de Beaumont d'Autichamp, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France († 1859)
• Bernardus Kerckhof, Nieuwmunster, België († 1833)
• Anna Maria Hellebrand, Stein, Limburg, Netherlands († 1846)
• Arnoldus Swinckels, Gemert, Nbr.NL
• adriaan van hattem, moergestel († 1832)
• Cornelius 3 Vinck, Boom, Antwerpen, Belgi († 1826)
• Ake Sanberg, Kristiaansand, Zweden
• Adriaan (Adrien) van Hattum, Moergestel († 1832)
• Alexander Breviers, Waalre († 1772)

• Ary Varkevisser (0), Katwijk aan Zee
• George Thomas Perdieu (57), Worcester, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Margaretha Hermans Hermens (0), Schinnen
• Joanna Adriaan van Tongeren (74), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Helena Geerts Borchers (40)
• Jacobus Versterre (60), Blaarthem
• Agnes Croasdale (66), Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Jacobus VERSTER, Blaarthem, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Klaas Baarts Gaal (63), Assendelft
• Baeltje Cornelisd LANGSTRAAT (0), Pernis

• 1709 » Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist († 1779)
• 1720 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician († 1796)
• 1754 » Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist († 1816)
• 1758 » Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter († 1828)
• 1779 » Louis de Freycinet, French navigator and explorer († 1842)
• 1790 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician († 1838)
• 1807 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author († 1892)
• 1814 » Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge († 1902)
• 1822 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer († 1894)
• 1839 » Nelson A. Miles, American general († 1925)

• 1684 » George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (b. 1622)
• 1719 » Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
• 1746 » Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1747 » Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)
• 1759 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)

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 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
• April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
• 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."
• 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 8, 1770 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.