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• Jacob Cornelisse Stoel, Elkerzee († 1792)
• Caroline Walburgis Greiffenclau von Vollrads († 1800)
• Grietje Piers van der Ploeg, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland.Nederland († 1813)
• Jacobus Nederveen, Iersike, Goes Eiland
• Jacques Pacquot, Metz,57000,Moselle,Lorraine,France († 1761)
• Catharina Adriaenssen SUIJCKERBUIJCK, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacobus Nederveen, Yerseke († 1810)
• Jacob Cornelisse Stoel, Elkerzee († 1790)
• Jan Jansz OVER, Oude-Niedorp († 1832)
• Ferdinand Joseph Philippart, Auvelais, Namur, Belgie

• Bruno Jacobsz van der Dussen (45), unbekannt
• Gust Hasselfeldt (70)
• Gerarda Peter Straetmans (60), Middelaar, Limburg, Nederland
• Élie Villat (51), Hôpital Général de Québec, Québec, Canada
• Frerik Jans (36), Westerklooster, Kloosterburen
• Gerrit Gerritsz Bol (64), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abigail Burt (45), Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltjen Bruntink (31), Neede
• Derk (op) Obbink (60), Zelhem
• - levenloos - Noteboom (0), Twello, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1678 » Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair († 1747)
• 1695 » Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube († 1771)
• 1729 » Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer († 1774)
• 1761 » August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author († 1819)
• 1764 » Princess Élisabeth of France († 1794)
• 1768 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman († 1838)
• 1783 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru († 1858)
• 1814 » Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia († 1892)
• 1826 » Charles XV of Sweden († 1872)
• 1844 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer († 1901)

• 1693 » Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
• 1704 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
• 1724 » John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
• 1750 » John Willison, Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
• 1752 » Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (b. 1692)
• 1758 » Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
• 1763 » George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)
• 1764 » Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)
• 1779 » John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
• 1793 » Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (b. 1720)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 May 3, 1760 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.