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• Andreas Riemenschneider, Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1839)
• Antje Annes Kamling, Rinsumageest († 1866)
• Aaltje van der Paauw, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1791)
• Anna Josepha Henrica Ludovica Cassinone, Keulen, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antje van Zanten, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1860)
• Abraham van Houten, Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Mooijboer, Zijpe
• albert laufer, groningen
• Albert Pietersz Heiloo, Ilpendam
• Anna Maria Raven, Hulsberg,, Limburg, Nederland

• Cornelius Huijsmans (45), Leest, 2811, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Johann Friedrich Alexander Prince Of Wied (84), Neuwied, Rheinland, Prussia
• Johann Friedrich Alexander Christian zu Wied-Neuwied (84)
• Johann Friedrich van Wied Neuwied (84)
• Anthonius Ruts, Vianen
• Johann Friedrich Alexander Von Wied Neuwied (84)
• Jacques Courtois (46), Quebec, Canada
• Jan Hendrik Leopoldus (66), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Huybrecht Peter Kenis, Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Boudewijna Leendertsd NOBEL (25), Nieuw-Beijerland

• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)

• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Gerrit
8. Willem
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Adrianus
15. John
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Joanna
8. Trijntje
9. Grietje
10. Neeltje
11. Marie
12. Aaltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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)
• 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.
• August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
• August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
• September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.

The temperature on August 7, 1791 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.