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• Hubregt Bimmel, Meliskerke, Zeeland, NL († 1838)
• Gerrit Jan Albertusz Thonissen, Duistervoorde
• Claiborne Duval, Henrico, Virginia, United States († 1824)
• Jan Frans Coeck, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1827)
• Adrianus de Rooij, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hartemink, Arnhem († 1814)
• Heine Klaassen, Termunten
• Hendrik Willink, Deventer, Netherlands
• François Xavier THOMANN, Widensolen, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1830)
• Daniël OUBURG, Dordrecht

• Anna van Mulken (45), Stein
• Antonius van Baden (41), Zandhoven, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Arij Cornelisz Kruithof (58), Charlois, Nederland
• Joannes VAN OLMEN, Balen Belgie
• Christoph Assmann (51), Gross Zöllnig
• Frans Vogelaar (0)
• Elisabeth Schaumann (0), Hesselbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Johanna Sleght (58)
• Anna Margaretha Van der Veken (53), Poederlee, Lille, België
• Jacob Derix (75), Well

• 1661 » Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain, explorer, and politician († 1706)
• 1714 » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author († 1800)
• 1722 » Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic († 1803)
• 1723 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic († 1792)
• 1731 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut († 1796)
• 1749 » Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress († 1810)
• 1796 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher († 1875)
• 1821 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science († 1910)
• 1841 » Nikolai von Glehn, Estonian-German architect and activist († 1923)
• 1858 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1931)

• 1664 » Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (b. 1616)
• 1686 » John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
• 1691 » François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)
• 1729 » Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
• 1747 » Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)
• 1770 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (b. 1726)
• 1796 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)

• 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.
• 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 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.

The temperature on July 16, 1760 was about 25.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: helder.