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• Geertruij HOEK, Zuid Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gauke Jans Sietzema (Sytsema), Rottevalle († 1818)
• Barber Klaas Albert Kroezen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1811)
• Cornelia de Cock, Waspik
• Geertruij Jansdr. Hoek, Zuid-Beijerland († 1802)
• Albert Klaas (Neeltje Pieters Pilon) Kroezen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1811)
• Albert Klaas Kroezen*, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1811)
• Elisabeth BELLIS, Hoepertingen,3840,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Gauwke SIETSEMA
• Anna Catharina Hannaart, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Henricus Bridts (58), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aertje Oskam (5), Lopikerkapel
• François CRETEL (0), Pierrefonds, 60350, Oise, Picardie, FRANCE
• Henri Rampen (87), Kortessem, België
• Aertje Oskam, Lopikerkapel
• Catharina Sikkel (35), Amsterdam
• Anna Wataer (42), Zichen-Zussen-Bolder,3770,Limbourg,Flandre,Belgique
• Aartje Oskam (43), Lopikerkapel
• Adriana van SPRANG, 's-Gravenmoer
• Derk Jan van Keppel (70), Laren

• 1704 » František Tůma, Czech organist and composer († 1774)
• 1718 » Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic († 1800)
• 1727 » Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian entomologist and academic († 1806)
• 1768 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician († 1854)
• 1798 » Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831–49) († 1849)
• 1800 » Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader († 1831)
• 1815 » James Agnew, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania († 1901)
• 1821 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general († 1908)
• 1824 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman († 1884)
• 1828 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France († 1896)

• 1709 » Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639)
• 1724 » François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)
• 1746 » Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
• 1764 » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
• 1775 » Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Japanese nun and poet (b. 1703)
• 1780 » John André, English soldier (b. 1750)
• 1782 » Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732)
• 1786 » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)

• 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 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
• June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
• June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company

The temperature on October 2, 1762 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by north. Weather type: geheel betrokken.