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• Antje Cornelisdr LIEFHEBBER, Alkmaar († 1837)
• Dimphna van Helvert, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1808)
• Antje Cornelisdr Liefhebber, Alkmaar († 1837)
• Catherine Elizabeth Hollinger, Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1831)
• Catharina Boljae, Kampenhout, België († 1822)
• Francina van Eldert, Amersfoort († 1766)
• Cornelius Van Hooydonck, Nieuwmoer, België († 1830)
• Eelze Minnalts Folkertsma, Suameer, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Steelkamp, Bosheurne
• Gerrit Beliaux

• Lydia Mosher (43), Massachusetts
• jean durand (80), amsterdam
• Guilielma Henricus DECKERS, Woensel, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Grande (13), Den Helder
• Antje Harms (60), Neuefehn
• Geesken Leugemors, Geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Klaas Spaanderman (57), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ruurd Klaas de Boer (43), Suriname
• Kleisje Maertens de Vos (30), Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Klijsje Maertens de Vos (30), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)

• 1632 » Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (b. 1575)
• 1635 » Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)
• 1639 » Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
• 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)

• 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 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.
• August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
• October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.

The temperature on August 7, 1760 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: betrokken.