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• Catharina Antoons Eelers, Sloten († 1824)
• Bartha (Willems) Haijtinkhof, Gorssel († 1819)
• Cornelia Pietersdr. Kouwenhoven, Zoetermeer
• Arij van der Voet, Kralingen († 1760)
• Aerent Hindriks Huizing, Loon
• Catharina Sol, Hillegersberg († 1832)
• Cornelia Mommers, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Adrianus Cornelis Buijsen, Essen
• Arie Pietersz. Pijl, Alblasserdam († 1838)
• Cornelia de Jager, Kapelle

• Johann, Friedrich Boberg (0), Westrup, Georgmarienhütte, Niedersachsen (Dld)
• Jan Ram (1), Montfoort
• Caleb Johnson (65), Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
• Anna Catharina Nens (27), Stekene,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Kornelis van Langerak (1), Benschop, Netherlands
• Geert Ebbeles (Aebeles) (41), Kollum
• Machtelt Leendertse Vergouw
• Govert Leendertsz Knaapen (47), Heemstede
• Geertruij Aalberts van Isendoorn (1), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Marijtje van den Ende (0)

• 1692 » Joseph Butler, English bishop, theologian, and apologist († 1752)
• 1711 » Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1787)
• 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
• 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
• 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
• 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
• 1822 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist († 1896)
• 1835 » Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University († 1908)
• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)

• 1721 » Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (b.1625)
• 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
• 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
• 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
• 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 1795 » Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)
• 1799 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
• 1800 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1808 » Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)

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)
• January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
• 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.
• October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
• October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
• November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

The temperature on May 18, 1760 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.