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• August Ferdinand Schuberts van, Doornspijk, Gld, Nederland
• Baukje Nolkes Oevering († 1811)
• Alida DE WIT, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1852)
• Antje van Mourik, Ameide († 1793)
• Catherine Renninger Erb
• Anna Catherina van Breemen, Leuth
• Anne (Maria) Marie Petit, Luik (Liege) Belgie († 1855)
• Antje Morits, Woubrugge († 1844)
• Cornelis Jacobus Hoitsma, Vrouwenparochie († 1825)
• Anna Aleid Smeeman, Emlichheim, Duitsland († 1853)

• Celestinus Crompvoets (68), Buggenum
• Jan Jansen (Kroon) (60), Diermen (Putten), Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan Janszn van der Meer (68), Rijnsaterwoude
• Celestinus CROMPVOETS (68), Buggenum
• Jan Dieleman (77), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Esther L??ŠWENSTAM (65), The Hague, Holland
• Goris de Jong (0), Moordrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Anne Marie VOGTENSPERGER (9), Bettendorf (68560, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Christian Heller (10), Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Coene Roelfs Bont (82), Groningen,,GRONINGEN, Groningen, Nederland

• 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
• 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
• 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
• 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
• 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
• 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
• 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
• 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
• 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)
• 1823 » Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer († 1899)

• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

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

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

• 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 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
• March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on August 21, 1788 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.