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• Elisabeth Hurx, Sint-Oedenrode († 1855)
• Charlotte van Oultremont-Warfusée-Wégimont, Antwerpen († 1795)
• Antonius Nooijens, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1862)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Jeannette Sloet tot Westerholt, Vollenhove, Nederland († 1858)
• Catharina Somers, Boechout
• Count Franz of Waldburg zu Zeil († 1803)
• Charlotte d'Oultremont, Anvers (Antwerp), 11002, Belgique († 1795)
• Daniël Wielemaker, Zoutelande, Nederland († 1871)
• Arij van der Krans, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1788)
• Anthony Kist, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1865)

• Jan Cornelis de Boer (48), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arentje Dirkse Hoogendijk (55), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Benning (41), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Anna Christina Echten, van (66)
• Jan van van Mourik (80), Meerkerk
• Anna Christina van Echten (66), Zandeweer, Groningen, Nederland
• Donald Unknown (54), Franklin, Mississippi
• Jan van Mourik (80), Meerkerk
• Anna Maria Van Achter (42), Bornhem
• Anna Cornelisse Vissers (66), Raamsdonk

• 1743 » Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France († 1793)
• 1777 » Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies († 1830)
• 1815 » Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer († 1893)
• 1819 » Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1894)
• 1830 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist († 1895)
• 1835 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football († 1880)
• 1843 » C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian († 1921)
• 1846 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1906)
• 1848 » Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer († 1894)
• 1849 » Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat († 1910)

• 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
• 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
• 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
• 1753 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
• 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Elisabeth
7. Trijntje
8. Marie
9. Grietje
10. Antje
11. Joanna
12. Adriana
13. Neeltje
14. Aaltje
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)
• January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
• January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
• January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
• November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

The temperature on August 19, 1785 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.