About the day » Tuesday May 20, 1760Calender converter

• Ida Catharina Bovendeerdt, Nieuwstadt, Niederlande
• Arnoldus van Iersel, Oisterwijk
• Gertrudis Mortels, Zeddam († 1816)
• Agnes Louise van Montreuil, Parijs († 1837)
• Adrianus Walterus Nys, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Henricus Hermens, Heumen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1818)
• Fritz (Friedrich) Nikel, Gonswen, Sensburg
• Cornelis Reinders Muller, Beekbergen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1834)
• hilke jans, loquard oost friesland († 1812)
• Cornelia de Lijster, Ambacht Cool

• Adriana Leenderts Vijverberg, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertjen Berends (74), Elspeet
• Jannes Mekenkamp, IJpelo (Wierden)
• Antonius Janssen (80), Hapert
• Johann Jacob Hoffman (59), Lowe Salford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Lijsbet Jansd van der Kuyl (41), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Grietje Cornelisdr Guldemont, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoni van Wijk
• Alexander McKinney (80), New Jersey, United States
• Jan Nannens CAPTEIJN (63), Spaarnwoude

• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)

• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)

• 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 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 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 May 20, 1760 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.