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• Baartje Steehouwer, Brielle († 1848)
• Berendina Kip, Rheden († 1834)
• Dorthea Hollander, Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1845)
• Abraham Philip PEPER, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1845)
• Catharina Engelbertus Paal, Weiwert, gemeente Delfzijl († 1826)
• Arij Muijs, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk van Winsen, Schalkwijk († 1824)
• Antonius Muckhoff, Herzfeld (Lippetal) (Soest) (Noordrijn-Westfalen) (D)
• Anna Maria Derks, Nijmegen
• Crijntje van WIJNGAARDEN, Sliedrecht

• Escolástica Maria de Mendonça (43), Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Elisabeth Dresel (68), Müllenbach, Bühl, Baden
• Henricus Verhoeckx (55), Gemeente Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Maartje (68), Berkhout, Nederland
• Lijsbeth Jansdr Olij (83), Berkhout, Nederland
• Lijsbet Jansdr Olij (68), Berkhout
• Josephus Ferdinandus JANSEGHERS (1), Moortsele,9860,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antje Cornelisdr Langereis (41), Berkhout
• Johannes Pfeil (10), Puderbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Petronella De Colfmaecker (45), Sint-Maria-Latem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1711 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician († 1761)
• 1719 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat († 1791)
• 1743 » Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France († 1793)
• 1777 » Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies († 1830)
• 1815 » Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer († 1893)
• 1819 » Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1894)
• 1830 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist († 1895)
• 1835 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football († 1880)
• 1843 » C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian († 1921)
• 1846 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1906)

• 1654 » Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
• 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
• 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
• 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
• 1753 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
• 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)

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.
• June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• 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 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 August 19, 1768 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.