About the day » Saturday January 5, 1760Calender converter

• Fredrik Grobben, Almelo († 1816)
• Angelique Madeleine LaForestrie, Plouër, Cotes d'Armor, Bretagne, France († 1818)
• Catherine Joseph Amélie BATAILLE, Estaimpuis, 57027, Hainaut, Belgique († 1837)
• Elizabeth SCHEELE, Terneuzen, 5869, Zeeland, Nederland († 1824)
• Cornelia Colen, Neeritter (Leudal), Limburg, Nederland
• Arij Jansz Bussing, Ijsselmonde
• grietje bastiaan VALK, de mijl dordrecht († 1810)
• Grietje VALCK, De Mijl († 1810)
• Grietje Bastiaans VALK, De Mijl († 1760)
• Barbara Catharina De Keyser, Zemst († 1807)

• Catharina Vanthuyne, Leffinge,8432,West-Vlaanderen,BE
• Jean Baptiste Himez (2), Troisvilles (F)
• Catharina Jansen VERBERNE (81), Lierop, 3922, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Pons, Zaamslag
• jacob cornelisse NOORDERMEER (67), monster
• Grietje van der Marel (81), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Dop (3), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob Corneliszn Noordermeer (66), Monster
• Jacob Cornelisz. Noordermeer, Monster
• Guurtje Klaas Kool

• 1735 » Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer († 1800)
• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic († 1832)
• 1779 » Stephen Decatur, American commander († 1820)
• 1779 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer († 1813)
• 1781 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas († 1836)
• 1793 » Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician († 1855)
• 1808 » Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist († 1881)
• 1834 » William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer († 1861)
• 1838 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic († 1922)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)

• 1713 » Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
• 1762 » Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• 1771 » John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)
• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)

• 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
• March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
• June 4 » Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
• August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
• October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
• November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

The temperature on January 5, 1760 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: sneeuw geheel betrokken.