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• Anne Jans Speulstra, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1837)
• Aaltje Leewis, Stolwijk († 1847)
• Anna Maria Heijnen, Beesel, Limburg, Nederland († 1816)
• Cornelius van den Heiligenberg, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1866)
• (Anna) Maria van Haaren, Kekerdom († 1858)
• Anna Maria Van Haaren, Kekerdom, Nederland († 1849)
• Cornelius Van Der List, Etten-Leur, Gemeente Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelius van der List, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1881)
• Aaltje Wijnveld, Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL
• Akke Jans Herema (Heerema), Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1859)

• Dirk Dirksz Tool, Hoogwoud
• Emerence Colette Pardo (33)
• Anna Maria Josepha Rölings (3), Kerkrade
• Dirk Dirksz Tool, Hoogwoud
• Dirk Thool (Tool) (73), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Rood (51)
• Dirk Dirksz Tool, Hoogwoud
• Gijsbertus Kipping (37), Nieuwkuijk
• Dirk Dirkse Tool (Thool) (73), Hoogwoud
• Elisabeth Arnoldusdr van de Vondervoort (43), Gemert

• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)
• 1824 » John Chisum, American businessman († 1884)
• 1839 » Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker († 1915)
• 1844 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1908)
• 1845 » Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator († 1915)

• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Catharina
8. Grietje
9. Neeltje
10. Aaltje
11. Joanna
12. Adriana
13. Marie
14. Jannetje
15. Antje
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)
• January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
• March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
• March 18 » The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
• May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
• June 10 » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
• July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.

The temperature on August 15, 1793 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.