About the day » Wednesday August 26, 1778Calender converter

• Aletta Lambertha Ledeboer, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1826)
• Augustinus van Herbruggen (Herbrugghe), Temse
• Cornelius van Kaem, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Catharina KAPTEIJN, Oudewater († 1841)
• Catharina Kapteyn, Oudewater († 1841)
• Cornelis Cornelisz SANDENBRINK, Nieuwenhoorn
• Adriana Kivit, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1856)
• andré LIMELETTE, Wasmes (Belgium) († 1828)
• Dirk Timmermans, Tiel
• Catharina Kapteyn, Oudewater,Gemeente Oudewater,Utrecht,Netherlands

• Jenneken te Kulve (43), Winterswijk
• Dirk Maartensz STAALMAN (55), Delfshaven
• Jean François LETERRIER (80), Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte,50390,Manche,Basse-Normandie,France
• Joannes Jacobs Dirks (77), Deurne
• Catharina Zomerdijk (1), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Johann Heinrich Schulte (0), Emsbüren(Emsland)
• hendrik pietersz van CLEEF (65)
• Dirk Staalman (55), Rotterdam Delfshaven
• Geertruij Gerrits Eshuizen (51), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Huijbregt de Vos (54)

• 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
• 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
• 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
• 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
• 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
• 1775 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic († 1851)
• 1792 » Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay († 1857)
• 1797 » Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia († 1879)
• 1819 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom († 1861)
• 1854 » Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer († 1932)

• 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
• 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
• 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
• 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
• 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Joanna
7. Catharina
8. Elisabeth
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Antje
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Adriana
15. Elizabeth
16. Janna

• 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)
• February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
• July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
• December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

The temperature on August 26, 1778 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.