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• Arie Cornelisz. van Vliet, Vlaardingen, ZH, Nederland († 1862)
• Anna Elisabetha Clemens, Herselt, België († 1824)
• ANNA MARIA DIELS, Poederlee
• Aaltje Hendriks van Olst,, Niebert, Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1839)
• Albertje Harms Kubbe, Meeden, Nederland († 1828)
• Anna Maria Tijssenraad, Nijmegen († 1790)
• Adriana Maria GOMMERS, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1871)
• Aalbert Bontan, Maurik, Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1841)
• Augustinus Verhoye, Poeke († 1871)
• Adriana de Graauw, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1842)

• Anna van Gelabbeek (80), Breust
• Claes Huijge de Jongh (86), Assendelft
• Geertje Willems de Velde Harsenhorst (33), Wilsum, Nederland
• Gosen Reijnts Peters van Tongeren (66), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• claas pietersz. gorter (55), hoogkarspel
• Dirk Kros (9), Sliedrecht
• Claas de Jongh, Assendelft
• Andreas Janssen (74), Helden
• Anne VAN GHELABBEEK (80), Breust,Eijsden-Margraten,Limburg,Nederland
• Fokke Tiddes (54)

• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)
• 1824 » John Chisum, American businessman († 1884)
• 1839 » Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker († 1915)

• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)

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 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• 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.
• December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

The temperature on August 15, 1788 was about 17.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.