About the day » Sunday October 16, 1768Calender converter

• Abraham de Berg, Oude-Tonge († 1775)
• Albertus C Clement, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart van der Meij, Rijnsburg († 1827)
• Adriaantje Claasdr Stam, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1807)
• Aldert Sipkes, Ferwerd († 1801)
• Theunis Pietersz Kujt, Katwijk aan Zee († 1855)
• Aagje van Mourik, Maasland
• Aldert Sipkes (Allard) Hijenga, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1801)
• *Francoise van Wijck, Neuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1802)
• Aaltje│Alida Jans Parlevliet van, Delft († 1851)

• Johann Willem Abraham Pönsgen (0), Hellenthal
• JONATHAN RICKETSON (80), Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• Abraham van Der Spar (3), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelisz Hakkers (3), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Joseph Isembart WICART (56), La Bassée, 59051, Nord, Nord, France
• Johanna Christina Witten, Emmerik
• Marie Jeanne Carolus (67), Terdegem (F)
• Hendrikje Arends (3)
• Anne Margarete WENDT (68), Sage, Duitsland
• Pierre CILLARD (55), , Sainte-Urielle, 22250, France

• 1752 » Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic († 1827)
• 1754 » Morgan Lewis, American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York († 1844)
• 1758 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer († 1843)
• 1762 » Paul Hamilton, American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy († 1816)
• 1789 » William Burton, American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware († 1866)
• 1795 » William Buell Sprague, American minister, historian, and author († 1876)
• 1802 » Isaac Murphy, American educator and politician, 8th Governor of Arkansas († 1882)
• 1803 » Robert Stephenson, English railway and civil engineer († 1859)
• 1804 » Benjamin Russell, American painter and educator († 1885)
• 1806 » William P. Fessenden, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1869)

• 1730 » Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, 3rd French Governor of Louisiana (b. 1658)
• 1730 » Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Greek politician, 139th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1666)
• 1750 » Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (b. 1687)
• 1755 » Gerard Majella, Italian saint (b. 1725)
• 1774 » Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750)
• 1791 » Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (b. 1739)
• 1793 » John Hunter, Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728)
• 1793 » Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (b. 1755)
• 1796 » Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726)
• 1799 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760)

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)
• April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
• 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.
• December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on October 16, 1768 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.