About the day » Monday May 31, 1762Calender converter

• Dingeman Kleijn, Zwaluwe († 1846)
• Anna Truweel, Leffinge, West Vlaanderen, Belgie († 1831)
• Anna Barbara Hammel, Hahnheim, Oppenheim, Hessen, Duisland († 1800)
• Aletta Jacoba De Wit, Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa († 1830)
• Christina Wouterlood, Schiedam († 1816)
• Catharina Agatha Blankenhorn († 1820)
• Anna Maria OVERHOFF, Oestrich near Iserlohn (D)
• Elizabeth "Betty" FRY, Bitton, Keynsham, Gloucestershire, England († 1853)
• Elisabeth Hanrion, Villehardouin, 10413, Aube, Grand Est, FRANCE († 1824)
• Arent Kempenk, Heerde,, Gelderland, Nederland

• Jacob19021702 Voelkel, Sassenhausen Wittgenstein Dtl
• Katharina Denhard (51), Ferndorf, Kreis Siegen
• Claude JOLY (34), Chagny,71150,Saône-et-Loire,Bourgogne,FRANCE
• Levenloos Kind HOENSON, Amsterdam,,PAYS BAS
• Jacob Voelkel (62), Sassenhausen Wittgenstein, Duitsland
• Petrus van den ANCKER (54), Erichem (Buren)
• Geeske Lammerts, Woltersum
• Jan Willemsz Bijwaert, Bergen
• Elisabeth Junghen (29), Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• Jan Hindriks

• 1725 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire († 1795)
• 1732 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop († 1812)
• 1753 » Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician († 1793)
• 1754 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator († 1817)
• 1773 » Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic († 1853)
• 1801 » Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar († 1887)
• 1815 » Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania († 1906)
• 1818 » John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts († 1867)
• 1819 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist († 1892)
• 1827 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine († 1903)

• 1680 » Joachim Neander, German theologian and educator (b. 1650)
• 1740 » Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)
• 1747 » Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)
• 1809 » Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)
• 1809 » Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)

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

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

• 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)
• March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
• May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
• September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
• October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

The temperature on May 31, 1762 was about 10.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken.