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• Douwe Jelmers Boersma, Aalsum, gem. Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1868)
• Anna Maria van Rixtel, Beek en Donk,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Elisabeth Abigael Walé, Vlissingen († 1852)
• Apollonia Danckaert, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1846)
• - doodgeboren - Davids, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1788)
• "Constantin" Gabriel de Hauteclocque, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France († 1884)
• Anna Catharina SEGERS, Dessel,2480,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1794)
• Adriana Leeuwerik, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1822)
• Dorothée Geeroms, Pollare († 1840)
• Dorothea Van der Niepen, Pollare, East Flanders, Belgium († 1840)

• - doodgeboren - Davids (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Joanna Jacobsdr. Tettero (0), Naaldwijk
• Blaize Michel (61), Velle-le-Châtel, 70536, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
• Albertus Bots, Westerhoven, Nederland
• Huijbrecht Ariensz. Oosterveen (51), Pijnacker
• Arie van der Berg, Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannis Peter van Riel (59), Tilburg
• Elisabeth Dickel (17), Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jannetje Hemelop, Hillegersberg
• Anna van der Berg (53)

• 1748 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher († 1809)
• 1757 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton († 1854)
• 1757 » Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge († 1834)
• 1776 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist († 1856)
• 1783 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia († 1801)
• 1788 » Adoniram Judson, American missionary and lexicographer († 1850)
• 1797 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and surveyor († 1855)
• 1805 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician († 1860)
• 1845 » André Bessette, Canadian saint († 1937)
• 1847 » Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, French-Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain († 1876)

• 1634 » William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)
• 1720 » Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)
• 1744 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)
• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)

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.
• February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• May 8 » King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
• June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.

The temperature on August 9, 1788 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.