About the day » Friday August 15, 1788Calender converter

• Antonius van der Heijden, Best
• Adriana de Grauw, Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1842)
• johannes holts, amsterdam
• Adriana de Grauw, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van der Bijl, Schiedam
• , Brugge (St.Anna) († 1862)
• Aalbert Bontan, Maurik-Rijswijk (NL) († 1841)
• Arie van Vliet, Vlaardingen († 1862)
• "Marie" Maria Maria, Nuenen, NL († 1847)
• Aaltje Hendriks van Olst,, Niebert, Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1839)

• Gosen Peters (66), Epe
• Anne Fick, Sur, Cayey, Puerto Rico, United States
• Anne VAN GHELABBEEK (80), Breust,Eijsden-Margraten,Limburg,Nederland
• Jacob Kans (1), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Gelabeek (80), Breust, Eijsden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Gosen Reijnts Peters (66), Epe,Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Isabella Haerinck (1), Zulte
• Claas de Jongh, Assendelft
• Anna Elisabetha RECTEM (37), Vorst Laakdal, 2430, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Andreas Janssen (74), Helden

• 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)

• 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.
• April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 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.
• July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
• 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 15, 1788 was about 17.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.