About the day » Saturday April 21, 1770Calender converter

• Aart Spaan, Goudriaan, Molenwaard, South Holland, The Netherlands († 1832)
• Antje Vlaar, Hoogwoud, 1718, Nederland
• Adriaan Polak, Zwaluwe, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1779)
• Christine Rödener, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1771)
• Catharina Mars, Kalslagen († 1804)
• Ede Jelles Pekema, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelis HERIJGERS, Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Adraantje Boender, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1858)
• Adrianus VRIENS, Oud en Nieuw Gastel,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND († 1831)
• Adriaan Polak, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Henrik Vertholen
• Joanna Wuyts (64), Westmeerbeek, 2235, Antwerpen, België
• Hiltje Jacobs (82), Wijnaldum, Friesland, Nederland
• Maria Anna Lahaije (0), Oirsbeek, Gemeente Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Balthussen van den Noort, 's-Gravenmoer
• Maartje Dirks Olle (59), Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hiltje Jacobs (83)
• Captain Deacon Elijah Smith (47), Belchertown, Hampshire, MA
• François LE BLOAS (54), Lambezellec, 29096, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Michael Simons (72), Ranst (Oelegem), Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België

• 1730 » Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer († 1788)
• 1752 » Humphry Repton, English gardener and author († 1818)
• 1752 » Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies († 1807)
• 1774 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1862)
• 1775 » Alexander Anderson, Scottish-American illustrator and engraver († 1870)
• 1790 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile († 1876)
• 1810 » John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago († 1864)
• 1811 » Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago († 1903)
• 1814 » Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist († 1906)
• 1816 » Charlotte Brontë, Cornish-English novelist and poet († 1855)

• 1699 » Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (b. 1639)
• 1719 » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)
• 1720 » Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646)
• 1722 » Robert Beverley, Jr., English historian and author (b. 1673)
• 1736 » Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
• 1740 » Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (b. 1685)
• 1758 » Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (b. 1679)
• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)

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

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

• 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)
• March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
• June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
• July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
• July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on April 21, 1770 was about 8.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.