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• Anselmus Vandamme, Bevere-bij-Oudenaarde († 1804)
• Aaltje Jacobs, Garsthuizen († 1837)
• Anna van Katwijk, Schiedam
• Adriana Jacobs van Ginneken, Essen (Horendonk)
• Angenis van Bogerijen, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius van Ael, Merksplas (België)
• Antoon van Ael, Merksplas (België)
• Cornelia (Lena) Heemskerk, Leijderdorp († 1817)
• Cornelia Adr van der Valk, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland (Nederland) († 1849)
• Arie Sels, Kampen,Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1841)

• Helena Margaretha van Salisch-Gestalt (79), Makoszyce (Mangschütz), Groot-Polen
• Maria Charlotte van Auer (75)
• Helene Margarete von Salisch-Gestalt (79), Mangschütz
• Martinus Michael van Nieuwenhuijsen (72), Aalst
• Erik Jonsson (37), Käringön (O)
• Marietje Imansd BREEDSNEE (37)
• Dirk Jacobsz Zeestraten (74), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Pieter Pieters van Schie (2), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk (Theodorus) Jacob Zeestraten (74), Hillegom, Nederland
• Johann Jacob REIMOLD * (65), Muhlbach, Baden, Germany

• 1711 » Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine († 1741)
• 1762 » Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator († 1820)
• 1767 » Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician († 1832)
• 1784 » Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria († 1849)
• 1785 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician († 1821)
• 1789 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds († 1847)
• 1795 » Frederick William IV of Prussia, Prussian king from 1840-1861 († 1861)
• 1814 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter († 1841)
• 1816 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales († 1891)
• 1818 » Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer († 1869)

• 1684 » Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)
• 1690 » Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
• 1715 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1788 » Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
• 1810 » Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
• 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
• 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)

• 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.
• 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 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
• July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
• 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 October 15, 1762 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.