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• Anna Catharina Joosen, Ravels, Antwerpen, België († 1783)
• Cornelia Driessen, Oosterhout, Nederland († 1832)
• Dirkje Bakker, Norden, Germany
• Antonia (Toontje) van Wiggen, schalkwijk, Netherlands († 1838)
• Dirk van Opzeeland, Hillegom († 1831)
• Daniel BICKNELL, Budbrooke, Warwickshire, England († 1833)
• Anna Catharina VERHAERT, Betekom
• Abraham Wismer Tintsman († 1842)
• CATHARINA JOSEPHA DE MEULENAER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• , RUDDERVOORDE (Oostkamp) († 1844)

• Elisabeth Maria von dem Borne (83), Dolgen
• Daniel Beuk (41), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Berben, Eksel, Limburg, België
• Catharina Lambrecht (0), Herdersem
• Fenneken (Femke) te Bempte (Bloeminck) (57), Beltrum
• Franciscus Deceuster (49), Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgie
• Cornelis Ariensz. Santvliet, Oegstgeest
• Catharina Henriëtte van Dohna-Schlobitten (73), Berlijn
• Elisabeth Jonsdotter (80), Karbenning,Vastmanlands,Sweden
• Aleid Dalming, Burgsteinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1723 » Samuel Langdon, American minister, theologian, and academic († 1797)
• 1724 » Frances Brooke, English author and playwright († 1789)
• 1729 » Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician († 1797)
• 1746 » Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator († 1827)
• 1751 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies († 1825)
• 1772 » Mikhail Speransky, Russian academic and politician († 1839)
• 1786 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician († 1855)
• 1792 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic († 1841)
• 1797 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author († 1873)
• 1799 » Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist († 1872)

• 1720 » William Ashhurst, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1647)
• 1732 » John Horsley, English-Scottish historian and author (b. 1685)
• 1735 » John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
• 1759 » Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
• 1765 » Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1777 » Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)
• 1778 » François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)
• 1781 » Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)
• 1829 » Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1833 » Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)

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

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

• 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)
• February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
• April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
• December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.

The temperature on January 12, 1768 was about 3.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: donker regen.