About the day » Sunday February 22, 1761Calender converter

• Aagje Jongejan, Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Gerritsz. de Jong, Piershil
• Adrianus van der Velden, Ginneken
• Adrianus Joannis van LITH, Rosmalen, 4156, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1833)
• Aaltjen Schol(s), Diepenveen († 1843)
• Aert PROOS, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Gossen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1827)
• ABRAHAM PIETER MARIJS, W-Souburg († 1809)
• Aleida Pieters Teunissen, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Luitink, Harderwijk († 1811)

• Elisabeth van Stockum (86), Utrecht
• Maria Joanna BALLEWIJNS, Borgloon (B)
• Jeanne Guichard (0), Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel, 36099, France
• Jannes Berends ( Loois ) (0), Beekbergen
• Johann Hermann Vollmer Or Vollmar (51), Werther (Westf.), Stadt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deut
• Anna van CAMPEN
• Franciscus Jacobus Maenhout (2), Brugge
• Leendert van der Meer (1)
• Fokjen JOHANNIS (51), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Jan Dirksz Kroos (8)

• 1715 » Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist († 1790)
• 1732 » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States († 1799)
• 1749 » Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist († 1818)
• 1778 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator († 1860)
• 1788 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author († 1860)
• 1796 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist († 1874)
• 1796 » Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary († 1837)
• 1805 » Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter († 1848)
• 1806 » Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher († 1875)
• 1817 » Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic († 1880)

• 1674 » Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)
• 1680 » La Voisin, French occultist (b. 1640)
• 1690 » Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (b. 1619)
• 1731 » Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)
• 1732 » Francis Atterbury, English bishop (b. 1663)
• 1799 » Heshen, Chinese politician (b. 1750)
• 1816 » Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Johannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Elizabeth
12. Grietje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Aaltje
16. Jannetje

• 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 February 22, 1761 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.