About the day » Sunday January 8, 1786Calender converter

• Anna Maria ROBERT, Ans, 62003, Liège, Belgique († 1826)
• *Christiaan Meerbach, Steenbergen († 1874)
• Anneke de Koning, Well, Gelderland, Nederland († 1847)
• Anneke de KONING, Well, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Jacobsdr van der Peet, Lisse († 1820)
• *Christiaan Meerbach, Steenbergen († 1874)
• Anna van der Peet, Lisse († 1820)
• Adrianus SPOEL, Dordrecht
• Antje Jacobsdr van der Peet, Lisse, Nederland († 1820)
• Andries Veen, Edam († 1844)

• Janna Geertruid CEUNEN (5), Winterswijk, 7100, Gelderland, Nederland
• Egidius de Coninck (1), Temse
• elisabeth melard (63), bertrix 5880 luxembourg wallonie belgique
• Antonius Lugters (34), Zuid-oost_Azië
• Anne Christine ADAM (57), Grosbliederstroff, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Jacomijn (Jacoba) Hendrikus (Gommers) Gommaerts (87), Meer, Antwerpen, Berlgië
• Jeremiah HATCH (89), Preston, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Jacobus Dircks (64), Meerle, België
• Jacob (0)
• Aaltje Burggraaf (0), Zegveld (UTR) The Netherlands

• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)
• 1817 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician († 1893)
• 1821 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey († 1904)
• 1823 » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer († 1913)

• 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
• 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
• 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
• 1815 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
• 1825 » Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)

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. Jannetje
15. Adriana
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)
• May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
• June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
• August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
• August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
• August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

The temperature on January 8, 1786 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken mist.