About the day » Wednesday March 8, 1786Calender converter

• Arjen Pieters Zondervan, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1825)
• Alexander Despiere, Woumen († 1787)
• Barbara Bongenaar († 1858)
• Aisse Heeren, Upleward, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1856)
• Aaltje Jansen, Dodewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auke Jans, ,, Nieuweschoot, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertien (Buiker, Beukers) Beuker, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1846)
• Albertje Hendriks Beuker, Assen († 1846)
• Anthonij Moll, Maassluis,Gemeente Maassluis,South Holland,Netherlands († 1843)
• Adriana van Dartel, 's-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1858)

• Catherine SERINGER (45), Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Engeltje Schaap (53), Katwijk
• Anna Christina VAN DROOGENBROECK (51), Pamel
• Jacobus Helsloot (63), Lopikerkapel
• Aegtje Cos (29), Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana SCHRAUWEN (0), Fijnaart,,PAYS BAS
• Cornelia Willemse van 't Hoff (48), Assendelft NH NL
• Aegtje Cos (28), Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelisz GRAAUW (83)
• Engeltje Schaap (53), Katwijk

• 1746 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer († 1802)
• 1748 » William V, Prince of Orange († 1806)
• 1761 » Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author († 1815)
• 1799 » Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Secretary of War († 1889)
• 1804 » Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician († 1887)
• 1822 » Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp († 1882)
• 1826 » Johann Köler, Estonian painter and academic († 1899)
• 1827 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist († 1875)
• 1830 » João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator († 1896)
• 1839 » Josephine Cochrane, American inventor († 1913)

• 1702 » William III of England (b. 1650)
• 1717 » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
• 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1731 » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)
• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)

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. Marie
8. Joanna
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)
• June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
• 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.
• November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
• November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
• December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

The temperature on March 8, 1786 was about -7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.