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• Chloe Smith, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1847)
• Albertjen Jurjens, Uiterburen
• Barbara Desmedt, Rumbeke,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1824)
• Anna Driessen, Oosterhout, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Dinther, St. Michielsgestel († 1819)
• Arnoldus de Zwart, Voorburg († 1835)
• Anna Elizabeth Wilders, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1842)
• Arnoldus Bressers († 1814)
• Albertien Jurjens, Uiterburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van Dashorst, Amersfoort († 1814)

• Christina Gerardi van Dockum (76), Driel
• Frans Arnold Vrijheer van der Recke Heer van Steinfurt (49)
• Anthonius Vertongen, Wolvertem
• Jean Baptiste Thibaut (59), Winnezeele (Nord pas-de-Calais)
• Arie Gijsberts Groen
• Evert Jans Akkerman (47), Giethoorn
• Hindriks Harms, Noordbroek
• David Avery (24)
• Evert Jans Akkerman (52), Giethoorn
• Joanna VAN NISPEN (0), Rucphen, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1710 » Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat († 1792)
• 1728 » Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright († 1774)
• 1735 » Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company († 1813)
• 1755 » Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator († 1846)
• 1759 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian († 1805)
• 1764 » Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium († 1849)
• 1779 » Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny († 1851)
• 1801 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist († 1876)
• 1801 » Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author († 1872)
• 1810 » George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet († 1882)

• 1659 » Afzal Khan, Indian commander
• 1673 » Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (b. 1640)
• 1727 » Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659)
• 1728 » Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661)
• 1772 » Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724)
• 1777 » Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)
• 1808 » Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
• 1852 » Gideon Mantell, English scientist (b. 1790)
• 1865 » Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison (b. 1823)
• 1869 » John E. Wool, American general (b. 1784)

• 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 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
• October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

The temperature on November 10, 1762 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.