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• Gerardus Telemans, Nijmegen
• David Spencer, 1677527, Surrey, England († 1802)
• Hendrik Joseph Geelhand Heer van Merxem, Antwerpen († 1819)
• Carol Benedict Saisier, Klerken († 1836)
• Helena van Baardwijck, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1814)
• Hendrina Sellis († 1761)
• Franciscus SEGERS, Malderen,1840,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Elisabeth Willems(Henderiks), Ewijk († 1838)
• Helena van Baardwijk, Vlijmen († 1814)
• Bernardus Haring, Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1760)

• Jean François Leroy (40), Colleret, Nord, Nord-pas-de-Calais, France
• Johann Adam Engel (9), Wonsheim
• George Weigel (45), Montgomery, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
• Anna Van Haut, Zoerle-Parwijs (2260, Antwerpen)
• Gerrit Jans COSTER (86), Almelo,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Henderik de Doot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Henricus van Beveren (0), Rijswijk
• Adriana Landmeter (0), Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Weijden (66), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Germent Pieters Bulloper

• 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
• 1719 » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist († 1772)
• 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
• 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
• 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
• 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
• 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
• 1790 » Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist († 1874)
• 1801 » Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel († 1854)
• 1808 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist († 1875)

• 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)

• 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)
• 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.
• June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
• July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
• August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
• October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.

The temperature on October 20, 1760 was about 12.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken bui.