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• Benoit Alexandre Joseph Baudry, Maulde, 59158, France († 1874)
• Clasina Bosman, Vrijenban († 1830)
• Clarissa Allen, Londen († 1857)
• Aaltjen Steenbergen, Meppel
• Christina Barbara WALTER, Mittelshefflenz, Baden, Germany († 1861)
• Andries Johannes Borghols, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Joannes BORGHOLS, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Steenbergen, Meppel
• Adrianus Pieterse Jansse, Poeldijk
• Arentje CORNELLIS, Zuidhorn, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland

• ARIEN BEEK (91), ALBLASSERDAM
• Jannetje Cornelisdr. van der Staal, Delft
• Jan Abrahams (76), Eilsum, Nedersaksen, Duitsland
• Egidius Van Couwenberghe (65), Grembergen
• Charles Gabriel de Lévis (21)
• Frederika ANDRINGA (40), Enkhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernhard Schäfer (3), Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Crijn Pipping (0), Oud-Vossemeer
• Antoine Bertoche (90), Beauvoir-de-Marc, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Etienne HOARAU (75), Saint-Pierre,97432,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE

• 1730 » Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author († 1788)
• 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
• 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
• 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
• 1803 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian († 1895)
• 1809 » Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States († 1891)
• 1812 » Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1869)
• 1827 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland († 1897)
• 1845 » Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St Elisabeth († 1914)
• 1845 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat († 1909)

• 1748 » James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1782 » John Laurens, American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
• 1828 » Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)

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. Catharina
8. Aaltje
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 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

The temperature on August 27, 1788 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.