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• Adrianis van Sint Annaland, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianis van Sint Annaland, Willemstad
• ARIE (van) BLOKPOEL, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1762)
• Adriana Bastiaans de Boo, Sliedrecht († 1826)
• Anthony Lidt (Lit Lith), Utrecht († 1849)
• Aaltje Koningsvelt, Amsterdam († 1764)
• Aaltjen Douwes Wagenaar, Hoorn, Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Douwes' Wagenaar, Oosterend, Terscheling, Friesland, Nederland († 1827)
• Albert Franz Xaver Ignatz Schilgen, Osnabrück,,Lower Saxony,Germany,Domkerk
• Anna Maria Mommers, Tilburg († 1829)

• Geertje Hendriksdr Henricks van Haastert (65), Rijnsburg, Nederland
• Anna Hens, Lille
• Alida (Aaltje) Heyligendorp (53), (getuige doop Alida van Dalsen)
• Hermann Achter, Deldorf
• Geesje ter Beek, Amsterdam
• Geertje Hendriksdr van Haaster (65), Rijnsburg
• Gerrigje Ariense van Baaren (42), Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hillegonda Glasbergen, Amsterdam
• Geertje Hendriksdr van Haastert (65), Rijnsburg
• Bernard Joseph Ridde (25), Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE

• 1694 » Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic († 1746)
• 1709 » Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist († 1779)
• 1720 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician († 1796)
• 1754 » Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist († 1816)
• 1758 » Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter († 1828)
• 1779 » Louis de Freycinet, French navigator and explorer († 1842)
• 1790 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician († 1838)
• 1807 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author († 1892)
• 1814 » Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge († 1902)
• 1822 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer († 1894)

• 1684 » George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (b. 1622)
• 1719 » Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
• 1746 » Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1747 » Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)
• 1759 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)

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

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

• 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
• May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
• July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
• September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
• October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

The temperature on August 8, 1762 was about 18.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.