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Born on Tuesday August 23, 1791
- Abel Klaassen Kuizenga, Baflo († 1866)
- Beerent Batteszn (de Roos), Termunten († 1854)
- Catharina Jorisse van der Haak, Poeldijk
- Aiko Harmens Dieterman, Midwolda († 1828)
- Aaltje Knol, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1847)
- ARIE VAN DER SPEK, ZOETERWOUDE († 1861)
- Aaldrik Jans Witting, Nieuweschans, Groningen, Nederland († 1853)
- Berend Battes de Roos, Termunten (gem. Eemsdelta)
- Aaltje Jacobse Knol, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1841)
- Adriana van Maren, Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Tuesday August 23, 1791
- Egbert Eijmberts van Tongeren (4)
- Isabella Constantia SEGERS (27), Koekelare,8680,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Berndt Hermann Kippenbrock (31)
- Agnes van Ravenstein, Weert
- Joannes Willebrordus Spaepen, Goirle
- Joanna CONVENT (52), Kontich, 2550, Antwerpen, Belgique
- Antoine Joseph GILLOT (77), Wargnies-le-Grand,59144, Frankrijk
- François THORIN, ( Montjean, 16240, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
- Catharina STOCKMANS (44), Pamel
- Frances Ball Carter (50), Warren County, Kentucky, United States
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 23, 1791 at Delpher
Born on August 23
- 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
- 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
- 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
- 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
- 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
- 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
- 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
- 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
- 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)
- 1846 » Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor († 1923)
Died on August 23
- 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
- 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
- 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
- 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
- 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
- 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
- 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
- 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
- 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
- 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
Names that were popular for boys in 1791
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Jans
- Joseph
- Dirk
- Klaas
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1791
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Jans
- Marie
- Joanna
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Adriana
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Antje
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1791
- 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 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
- February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
- August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
- August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
- August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
- September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
The weather on Tuesday August 23, 1791
The temperature on August 23, 1791 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI