About the day » Tuesday August 26, 1783Calender converter

• Arend Roovers, Rotterdam († 1856)
• Elisabeth Cornelisdr van der Kleij, Voorburg († 1787)
• Anna Cornelia Joppe, Hoeven († 1856)
• Adriaan van Dam, Monster
• Anna Maria Willemina Thole, Amsterdam
• Catharina van DIJK, Aarle-Rixtel, 3265, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1814)
• Antonia van de Bogaert, Schijndel, NL
• Daniel Britten, St Lawrence Jewry, London, England († 1856)
• Adriaan Willemsz (Arie) van Keulen, Koog aan de Zaan, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1834)
• Anna Margaretha Meijring, Haren (Ems)

• Aaltje Stevens Opmeer (45), Ter Aar
• Aaltje Steevensdr. Opmeer (45), Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Rijlaarsdam, Hazerswoude
• Gertruida Janssen Bosch, Afferden en Dees
• Crijn Dirksz Haasnoot (86), Katwijk aan Zee
• Adrien PERROT (85), Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
• Cornelia Ploegmans, Oosterhout
• aaltje stevensdr OPMEER (45), ter aar
• Dekker
• Aaltje Stevensdr Opmeer (34), Ter Aar, Nederland

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Grietje
11. Adriana
12. Neeltje
13. Aaltje
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
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)
• February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
• June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
• July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
• August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
• November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.

The temperature on August 26, 1783 was about 15.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.