About the day » Tuesday January 12, 1762Calender converter

• Aldert Libbes, Duurswoude, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Meijboom, Wijhe († 1770)
• Elisabeth van Bronckhorst
• Catherine Veronique Naud Henault, Portneuf, Quebec, Canada († 1796)
• Cornelia Bal, Niel
• Albert Teunisz Beugelsdijk, Hazerswoude († 1829)
• Adam Hendriks Bultman, Hattem,Gemeente Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1810)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Glasmeyer, Gut Osthoff, Hardenberg
• Aldert Libbes, Duurswoude, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Theresia Straetmans, Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1816)

• Hannah Gary (90), Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
• Claas Steur (50), Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hermen VERMEULEN
• Jacobus Slijpen
• Claas Janse STEUR (50), Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaris Cornelisse Adriaanse Groenendijk (67), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geesje Jannis Klinkert
• Jacob Jansz Verzijlbergen (56), Velsen
• Claas Jansz Steur (50), Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• jeanne GUIBERT (69), Saint-Denis-d'Oléron,17650,Charente-Maritime,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,FRANCE

• 1723 » Samuel Langdon, American minister, theologian, and academic († 1797)
• 1724 » Frances Brooke, English author and playwright († 1789)
• 1729 » Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician († 1797)
• 1746 » Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator († 1827)
• 1751 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies († 1825)
• 1772 » Mikhail Speransky, Russian academic and politician († 1839)
• 1786 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician († 1855)
• 1792 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic († 1841)
• 1797 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author († 1873)
• 1799 » Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist († 1872)

• 1700 » Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (b. 1620)
• 1720 » William Ashhurst, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1647)
• 1732 » John Horsley, English-Scottish historian and author (b. 1685)
• 1735 » John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
• 1759 » Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
• 1765 » Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1777 » Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)
• 1778 » François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)
• 1781 » Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)
• 1829 » Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)

• 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 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
• May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
• July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
• September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.

The temperature on January 12, 1762 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen betrokken.