About the day » Sunday May 17, 1761Calender converter

• Adrianus Adriaan Teurlings, Enschot († 1845)
• Adrianus Teurlings, Udenhout († 1845)
• Anna Maria Catharina Elisabeth Bröckers, Ramsdorf, Westfalen, Germany († 1806)
• Adriaan Teurling (Teurlinx - Teurlings), Berlicum (onder Enschot) († 1845)
• Adriaan Adriaan Teurling, Udenhout, NB Netherlands († 1845)
• Aeltje Kroon, Oude Pekela,Gemeente Pekela,Groningen,Nederland
• Anna (Antje) Priester, Harderwijk († 1817)
• Adriaan Teurlings, Berkel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1845)
• Aafje Cornelis' Wagemaker, Grootebroek († 1831)
• Andries Cazant, Kockengen,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1842)

• Anna Magdelena Borscheid (69)
• Gerrit Jansen (6), Barneveld
• Abraham Stultjes (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Maria Struijvenberg, Amersfoort
• Geneviève-Marguerite Caron (69), St. Joachim, Montmorency, Qc, Canada
• Anna Maria (81), Rothenbach
• Marie Antoinette DUBOIS (67), Wavrin,59,Nord,Nord/pas de Calais,FRANCE
• Augustinus ( Arix ) Arickx (0), Aarsele
• Joannes Dewolf (39), Berlaar (Gestel), Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• martinus hanssen (45), kessel

• 1706 » Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian († 1780)
• 1718 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1778)
• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)

• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)

• 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 May 17, 1761 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: regen betrokken.