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• Anna Maria van Aert, Zundert († 1839)
• Antonius Claudius Soenen, Oostnieuwkerke († 1812)
• Franciscus Van den Oever, Eindhoven Noord Brabant (NL)
• Gerrit Meulenkolk, Rijssen, Nederland († 1837)
• Anna Margaretha Ottens, Oberlangen, Lathen
• Frans Brand van den, kladde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1848)
• Antje Bergman, Voorhout († 1828)
• Anna Maria van AERT, Groot-Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1839)
• Franciscus van den Brant, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1848)
• Adrianus Bertens, Tilburg, NB, Nederland

• Hilletje Smit (69), Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
• Claas Jobsz Verduijn (37), Zuidland
• Albert Lefferts Gortworst (38), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jacobus Holst, Den Haag
• Jacinto de Mello, Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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• Cornelis adrianus Monden (30), Princenhage
• Isabella Francisca Bosson (35), Lier Sint Gummarus
• Jeanne BREVERS, RAHIER (Xhierfomont), Liège, Belgique
• Claas Jobsz. Verduijn (37), Zuidland

• 1717 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar († 1806)
• 1730 » Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader († 1763)
• 1742 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal († 1819)
• 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
• 1775 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
• 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
• 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
• 1778 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier († 1841)
• 1787 » Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright († 1855)
• 1790 » Leopold I of Belgium († 1865)

• 1669 » Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
• 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
• 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
• 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)

• 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 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
• July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
• 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.
• November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

The temperature on December 16, 1760 was about 8.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.