About the day » Monday August 16, 1790Calender converter

• "François Alexis" Marie Bocandé, Le Croisic,Loire-Atlantique, France († 1849)
• Andreas Jansen, Emmerich
• Antonius Hermannus Hilbers († 1861)
• Willem Knip, Amsterdam († 1857)
• Arnoldus Rewijk, Wassenaar
• Anna Maria Kauwenbergh, Gemert
• Catharina van Steijn, Oegstgeest, Gemeente Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1859)
• antoine jh. POTTIER, Neufmaison (Belgium) Hainaut
• Anna Maria Habraken, Nederwetten
• Albert Jannes Kloeze, Ruinen († 1865)

• Anna VAN DEN CAUWELAER (62), Meerle,2328,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Gerrit van Domselaar (0), Nijkerk
• Jacobus Doeckes Smeding (75), Leeuwarden
• Jakob Simon BERNHEIMER (34), Jebenhausen, Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
• Carola Batthyány van Német-Ujvár (0), Poznan (Posen), Groot-Polen
• Andreas Volck (69), Surry, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Bouc (0), Terrebonne, Québec
• Cornil Schoolmeester (33), Blankenberge
• Bastiaan Verwey (62), Waarder, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• andré nicolas VALLET (35), Frameries (Belgium) Hainaut

• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)
• 1842 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic († 1922)
• 1845 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1921)

• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)

• 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)
• May 29 » Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
• July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
• July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
• July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
• September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
• December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.

The temperature on August 16, 1790 was about 18.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.