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• Anne Catharina Verstraeten, Ophoven-Geistingen (Kinrooi), Limburg (B) († 1840)
• Antonius Backx, Bergen op Zoom († 1842)
• Adriana van Savoijen, Leerdam, Zuid Holland († 1875)
• Archibald Henderson, Granville, North Carolina, United States († 1822)
• Aldegondis Willems, Wanssum, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Paulina Versfelt, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1859)
• Aaltje Zwarthoed, Volendam († 1848)
• Aris Hendriksz Leeuw, Wormer, Nederland († 1841)
• Antonius van Gestel, Chaam († 1816)
• Adriana Catharina Pauline Versfelt, 's Hertogenbosch, N.B († 1859)

• Joanna Janse van Dijck (34), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jean Baptiste Catry (71), Quesnoy sur Deule, 59 (F)
• Johanna Johannesd Van DIJCK (34)
• Johanna Wolters, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Joanna Maria De Witte (0), Stekene (B)
• Giuseppe Carafa (69)
• Anna Willems (55), Asse, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Elizabeth Arense Bal (0)
• Johannes Bernardusz van Jelgerhuis (63), Rijperkerk, Holland
• Donatis Geurtjens (46), Horst

• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)

• 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)

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

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

• 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 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
• May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
• June 10 » A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
• June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
• August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.

The temperature on August 7, 1786 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.