About the day » Wednesday May 9, 1770Calender converter

• Adriaen Jan Godri, Steenbergen
• Anne-Catherine BACQUELAINE, Hanret, 5310, Namur, Belgique († 1833)
• Egbert Groenendijk, Nieuwkoop († 1812)
• Anna Maria EERTMANS, Zutendaal, Province of Limburg, Belgium († 1770)
• David Shellenberger, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1862)
• Cornelis Jansz Koningh de, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1848)
• Antoon HENNEN, Oirsbeek (NL/LI) († 1851)
• Anna Sara Treno, Amboina
• Gertruda Linsen, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1817)
• Gertruda Linse, Groesbeek, NL

• Caecilia Tiessen, Wyler-Sylva, Kreis Kleve (D)
• Henricus Scrijnemakers (8), Grevenbicht
• Gerardus Couwenbergh (2), Casteren
• Gerardus Couwenberg (2), Casteren
• Gertrud Strackbein (62), Berghausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• DOEG POOT (0), KETHEL
• Adam Pauluszn van Asten (61), Heeze
• Elisabeth van den Bos (37), Rotterdam
• Christiaan Rufkens, Middelburg
• Doe Arijsz Poot (0), Kethel en Spaland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1740 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)
• 1746 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer († 1818)
• 1763 » János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author († 1845)
• 1800 » John Brown, American activist († 1859)
• 1801 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood († 1866)
• 1814 » John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright († 1880)
• 1823 » Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1824 » Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author († 1896)
• 1825 » James Collinson, Victorian painter († 1881)
• 1836 » Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart († 1912)

• 1707 » Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
• 1736 » Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
• 1745 » Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
• 1747 » John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
• 1760 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
• 1789 » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
• 1790 » William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
• 1791 » Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
• 1805 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)

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. John
15. Jean
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)
• April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
• May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
• June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
• 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 May 9, 1770 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.