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• Aaltje klaase Zwarthoed, Volendam († 1848)
• Aldegondis Willems, Wanssum, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Anne Catharina Verstraeten, Ophoven-Geistingen (Kinrooi), Limburg (B) († 1840)
• Adriana Joosse van Oosten, Oost-Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Woudenberg, Westzaandam (Zaanstad), Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1852)
• Antonius Bax, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1842)
• Anna Catherina Klein, Brandenbourg (LUX) († 1839)
• Anna Woudenberg, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1852)
• Adriana Van De Cloot, Loenhout († 1817)
• Adriana van Savoijen, Leerdam, Zuid Holland († 1875)

• Anneke Zeegers
• Jean DENIS (80), Pouillé, 41110, France
• Johanna Cornelia van Wayenburg (21), Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
• Hiltje Ruurds Zwart (Swart) (40), Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Jean Baptiste Catry (71), Quesnoy sur Deule, 59 (F)
• Joanna Maria De Witte (0), Stekene (B)
• Jan Vos (62), Haarlem
• Cornelis FLOOREN, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joannes Henricus Mens (41), Noordwijkerhout aangegeven
• Elisabeth Zeegers

• 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. 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)
• January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
• 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.
• September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
• November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.

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