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• Arien Mettes, Obdam, Koggenland, North Holland, The Netherlands († 1834)
• Aalt Peters Bast, Nijkerk
• Anna Ebbink, Apeldoorn
• Arend van Welsum, Dordrecht
• Barber Gabes, Sneek († 1833)
• Aalt Bast, Nijkerk
• Anna Elisabetha Brems, Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1813)
• Bauke Harmens Kijlstra, Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1812)
• Anna Pannevis, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bauke Harmens Kijlstra, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands

• Agatha Reynaert (60)
• Elisabeth Stenger (6), Hesselbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Isabella Cochran (61), West Fallowfield, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
• Jean Baptiste Soulange Laniel Desrosiers I (61), Ste-Geneviève (Pierrefonds), Québec, Canada
• Jeanne Ricapet (34), Cluis, 36056, France
• Daniel Berentsen Wildvangh, Amersfoort
• Jacobus Lornoy (62), Kasterlee, 2460, Antwerpen, België
• Hendrik Cornelis Vermaas (41), Barendrecht
• Jean Baptiste Laniel (61), Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada
• Jasper Jacobsz. van Haestreght (64), Voorburg, ZH, Nederland

• 1710 » Thomas Arne, English composer († 1778)
• 1735 » François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat († 1821)
• 1753 » Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian († 1827)
• 1766 » Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian († 1815)
• 1781 » Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden († 1826)
• 1784 » William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster († 1856)
• 1795 » George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician († 1858)
• 1795 » William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto († 1861)
• 1806 » Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States († 1863)
• 1807 » James Abbott, Indian Army officer († 1896)

• 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
• 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)

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

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

• 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)
• June 4 » Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

The temperature on March 12, 1760 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.