About the day » Thursday November 12, 1761Calender converter

• Denyse Garretsen Hendrickson († 1839)
• Arnolda Jacobi Rovers, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1824)
• Abigail Martha Vitringa, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1830)
• Adrianus Sleeckx, Itegem († 1821)
• augustin jh. SAUSSEZ, Dour (Belgium) Hainaut († 1812)
• Cornelius Joannes Kevelaers, Vosselaar
• Antonius Rasenberg, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Cornelis, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1826)
• Abner Miller Teague, Rowan, North Carolina, United States († 1842)
• Geertjen Hendriks van Amersfoort, Beekbergen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1842)

• Adriana Lijten (25), Raamsdonk (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Hendrik Bouwmeester, Haarlem
• Elje Uljes (52)
• Jacques MAGNIER (78), Villers-Campsart 80
• Isabella Spisgaert (4), Brugge St.Salv.1ste
• Janna Witte (30), Sint Annaland, Gemeente Tholen, Zélande, Pays-Bas
• Janna Elenbaas, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aeltje Serlee, Zaamslag
• Jaspar Butaye (69), Westvleteren, Flandre oc
• Jeanne Guerry (46), South Carolina

• 1684 » Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician († 1757)
• 1729 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer († 1811)
• 1755 » Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War († 1813)
• 1780 » Piet Retief, South African ruler († 1838)
• 1793 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist († 1831)
• 1795 » Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist († 1856)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist († 1902)
• 1817 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith († 1892)
• 1833 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist († 1887)
• 1840 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker († 1917)

• 1623 » Josaphat Kuncevyc, Lithuanian archbishop (b. c. 1582)
• 1667 » Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)
• 1671 » Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (b. 1612)
• 1742 » Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1793 » Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
• 1793 » Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)
• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)

• 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 14 » The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
• September 8 » Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
• September 22 » George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• December 16 » Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.

The temperature on November 12, 1761 was about 10.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen betrokken.