About the day » Wednesday October 20, 1762Calender converter

• Adriaantje Reedijk, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1834)
• Dirk Dirkse Prinse, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Luitsens
• Anna Maria Thesen, Kenn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Anna Gertrudis WAGEMANS, Kermt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1837)
• Antje Jacobs
• Cecilia Cornelisdr Hartsinck, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1831)
• Francoise Rousselle, Villey-Saint-Étienne, 54200, Francia
• Angela Maria GRAZIANO, Capaci,90040,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE († 1836)
• Elisabeth de Jonge, Swyndregt

• Anne Mercheijer (3), ( Villar d'Abas ) Uvernet-Fours
• Jean Baptiste Borgnet (3), Vouzy, 51 Marne, Grand Est, France
• Jean Charles du Blaisel (0), Condette, Pas de Calais, Frankrijk
• Cornelis Noordam (0)
• Cornelia Pieters van Kempen, Laren
• Neeltje Claes, Beemster
• anna barbara, plankstadt
• Nicolas André Louis Gallois (58), Voipreux, 51 Marne, Grand Est, France
• Antonia van Hesick (54), Velddriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johannes Liessen (Liese, Lietsen), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
• 1719 » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist († 1772)
• 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
• 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
• 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
• 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
• 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
• 1790 » Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist († 1874)
• 1801 » Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel († 1854)
• 1808 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist († 1875)

• 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)

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)
• January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
• 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.
• July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
• 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 20, 1762 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.