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• Jacob Fulbright Killian
• Adriaan Bonaerts, Oss († 1826)
• Aaltje van de Kasteele, Haarlem
• Henrica Bocken, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1761)
• Jan Freerks van der Meer, Wergea (IDA), Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1819)
• Anne Marie FRIDT, Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anton Höse, Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jan Breedveld, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1813)
• Joannes Franciscus Verhulst, Melsele († 1829)
• Claude RAVAT, Loisy,71290,Saône-et-Loire,BOURGOGNE,FRANCE († 1818)

• Maartje Dirksd Timmer (35), Wormerveer
• Johanna Matijse Kemmeren (43), Loon op Zand
• Jan Pieters Eland (89), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jasper Smits (54), Grave
• Jacques Verheirstraeten (55), Opwijk, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Maartje Dirks TIMMER (35), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Messerschmidt (2), Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• August Johan van Hugo (73), Hannover, Nedersaksen
• Catherine Pelagie Parant (9), Beauport, Quebec, Canada
• Franciscus Bataille (51), Maldegem

• 1692 » Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer († 1770)
• 1726 » Lewis Morris, American judge and politician († 1798)
• 1732 » David Rittenhouse, American astronomer and mathematician († 1796)
• 1761 » William Joseph Chaminade, French priest, founded the Society of Mary († 1850)
• 1770 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian banker and politician († 1830)
• 1798 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and author († 1857)
• 1818 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic († 1892)
• 1818 » Christian IX of Denmark († 1906)
• 1826 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier († 1890)
• 1827 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, journalist, and politician († 1898)

• 1691 » Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto (b. 1611)
• 1697 » Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629)
• 1704 » Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1641)
• 1704 » Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624)
• 1709 » Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (b. 1641)
• 1725 » John Wise, American minister (b. 1652)
• 1735 » Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
• 1848 » Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
• 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
• 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Hendrik
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. John
13. Dirk
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.
• June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
• August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
• October 25 » King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II
• November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

The temperature on April 8, 1760 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.