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• Claire Joseph HALLEUX, Charneux, 63035, Liège, Belgique, Aux Hayes
• Adriana Maria Adriane Marcellis, Baarle-Nassau († 1829)
• Aaltje Kornelis, Zuidhorn, NL-GR
• Aagje van der Ster, Vlaardingen († 1807)
• Adryaan Kaptein, Reeuwijk († 1858)
• Aartje Wouters Bloemhoven, Barneveld († 1845)
• Anna Maria Pelster, Rühle, Meppen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 1856)
• Christina Barbara WALTER, Mittelshefflenz, Baden, Germany († 1861)
• Anna Tielen, Sevenum († 1856)
• Anna Maria Dingemans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1840)

• arij krijen VERBEEK (98), alblasserdam(ZH)
• Jan Abrahams (76), Eilsum, Nedersaksen, Duitsland
• ARIEN BEEK (91), ALBLASSERDAM
• Anna Maria Ahr, Schönenberg, Ruppichteroth
• Crijn Pipping (0), Oud-Vossemeer
• Dirk van Heijenoort (29), Surat (India)
• Benedictus VAN DEN BERGHE (10), Moerzeke,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Jannetje Cornelisdr. van der Staal, Delft
• Hendrick LUYCKX, Leuven,3000,Vlaams Brabant,BELGIE
• Charles Gabriel de Lévis (21)

• 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. 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 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
• January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• 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.
• April 7 » American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
• 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).

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