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• Adrianus Johannes Duffels, Deventer
• Franciscus Josephus ver Heyden, Sint Niklaas
• Antonius Steelkamp
• Ana Francisca de Souza, Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Clara Rijnburgh van Cleeff, utr († 1816)
• Cornelis Alkema, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Esther Mallory, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 1812)
• Benskje Rintjes Wagenaar, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1830)
• Clara Rijnburge van Cleeff, Utrecht († 1816)
• Bernardus Bauters, Zingem, Vlaams Gewest, België

• Elizabeth Kingsley (36), Hassells Hall, Sandy, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
• Gijsbert van Idsinga (53), op zee
• Arij Dirksz Hoek (64), Katwijk
• Gijsbert Johannes (Arendsma Van) Idsinga (53)
• Hendrick Pieters (Dijckwel) Dijkwel (60), Dubbeldam
• Gysbert Arentsma van idsinga (53)
• Jacobus Johannes de Bruijn (70), Balgoij, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Dirksz Hoek (64), Katwijk
• Gijsbert Arendsma van Idsinga (53), Marrum FR., NL
• Count Otto of Starhemberg (39)

• 1701 » Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar († 1757)
• 1704 » Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans († 1752)
• 1719 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1767)
• 1721 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1803)
• 1755 » Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor († 1805)
• 1792 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright († 1822)
• 1805 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1865)
• 1821 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church († 1881)
• 1821 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton († 1892)
• 1834 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher († 1923)

• 1718 » René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
• 1727 » Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
• 1741 » Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
• 1778 » Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
• 1792 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
• 1795 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
• 1804 » Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)

• 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 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.
• 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 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

The temperature on August 4, 1760 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.