About the day » Tuesday May 8, 1792Calender converter

• Arend Buijs, Westzaan, N. Holl., Neth
• Arend GOEMAAT, Ooltgensplaat (Oostflakkee), NL-ZH († 1796)
• Adrianus Hofmans, Well, Gelderland, Nederland († 1863)
• Anthonetta van der Salm, Rossum, Nederland († 1828)
• Berendine Luijerink, Hengelo
• Anthonetta van der Zalm, Rossum
• Aaltje Fluit, Leusden († 1792)
• Aaltje Wouters Fluit, Leusden
• Aagje Plaisier, oostendam (zuid holland) († 1834)
• Anthonij Geluk, Sint-Annaland, Nederland

• Joannes Vallenaers, Nispen-Essen, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Elisabeth Slegers (72), Mol,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Jacoba Anxs Groot de (65), Blaricum
• Catharina DANIERS, Kraainem,1950,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Anne Marie BODEUX (40), RAHIER (Meuville), Liège, Belgique
• Johann Henrich Schweppe (16), Donop, Amt Blomberg, Lippe, Duitsland
• Charlotte Paquin (46), Joliette, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada
• Dorothy Newhall (74)
• Anna Maria Jansen van Soelen (45), Deest
• Govert (Gerrit) Van der Steld (70), Werkendam

• 1753 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader († 1811)
• 1786 » John Vianney, French priest and saint († 1859)
• 1815 » Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician († 1872)
• 1818 » Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick († 1896)
• 1821 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1885)
• 1824 » William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary († 1860)
• 1825 » George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author († 1898)
• 1828 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint († 1898)
• 1828 » Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)
• 1829 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer († 1869)

• 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
• 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands
• 1822 » John Stark, American general (b. 1728)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Grietje
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Marie
15. Elizabeth
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 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
• May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
• July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
• August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
• October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
• October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

The temperature on May 8, 1792 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.