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• Everardus Stokvis, Steenderen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agathe Chaput, Quebec, Canada († 1811)
• Emerentiana Krechting, Mehr, NW, Allemagne († 1779)
• Emerentiana Krechting, Mehr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1779)
• Abraham Van Maastricht Toulon, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Schooten, Bennebroek († 1825)
• Adriaan Baars, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1837)
• Adam Bauholzer, Csátalja, 6523, Magyarország († 1804)
• Gerardus Vermeij, Leiden,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Catharina Ouwerkerk, Leiden († 1833)

• Gerrit van Lith (0), Utrecht
• Cornelis Hendriksz Hoet (75), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendriksz. Hogendam (28), Maasland Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Anna Maria Wiemeyer (76), Kloster Oesede, Fürstbistum Osnabrück
• Eme Ehmen ADEN (59), Holtrop,,GERMANY,Holtrop
• Euphemia Schräer (70), Emsbüren-Berge
• Arij Cornelisz Valkenis (56), Maasland
• Franciscus Robertus (François Robert Frans Robert) (Burggraaf van) Moerman (de Harlebeke), Ghent, België
• Eme EHMEN ( ADEN ) (54), Holtrop
• Kornelis Hendriksz. Hogendam (37), Maasland

• 1760 » Pope Leo XII († 1829)
• 1764 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer († 1838)
• 1771 » Henry Maudslay, English engineer († 1831)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1778 » James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1860)
• 1788 » Thomas Tredgold, English engineer and author († 1829)
• 1800 » Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar († 1865)
• 1800 » William S. Harney, American general († 1889)
• 1827 » Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician († 1906)
• 1834 » Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer († 1906)

• 1681 » Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1602)
• 1701 » John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)
• 1711 » Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
• 1752 » William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
• 1773 » George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)
• 1793 » Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
• 1806 » Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (b. 1732)
• 1818 » Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
• 1828 » Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)

• 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 August 22, 1761 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.