About the day » Wednesday August 29, 1787Calender converter

• Cornelis van Ommen, Gouda
• Cornelis Leendertsz Veldhoen, Barendrecht († 1796)
• Adriana Helmons (Helmonts, Hellemons), Wouw,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Seegers, Keeken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Sibilla Paas, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1843)
• Cornelis Velthoen, Barendrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aeltje Alberts Steenhof, Eemnes († 1791)
• Cornelis Steenbeek, Domkerk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1866)
• Cornelia Bootsgezel, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1843)
• Aeltje Steenhof, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland

• Janna Jansen Velthuis (52), Beekbergen
• Amalia Bontinck (0), Schellebelle
• Hiacinte Joseph Heloir (0), Troisvilles (F)
• Johanna Nieuwenhuize (19), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joannes van Dijk (45), Breudijk, Vleuten
• Jacob VETH (46), Dordrecht
• Janna Jansen Veldhuis (52), Beekbergen
• Johanna Lodewijka Schilt (37), Heerde
• Jan Alberts (3), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johanna Lodewika Schilt (37), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
• 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
• 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
• 1792 » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author († 1875)
• 1805 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author († 1872)
• 1809 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author († 1894)
• 1810 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat († 1884)
• 1811 » Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA († 1888)

• 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)

• 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 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
• June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
• September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
• December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on August 29, 1787 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken.