About the day » Tuesday November 16, 1762Calender converter

• Elizabeth Mills, Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Albertus Albertus Meursing, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland († 1835)
• Constantin VAN COPPENOLLE, Melden,9700,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arnoldus Salet, Amersfoort († 1776)
• Arnoldus Salet, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus van de Wouw, Goirle, Nederland
• Cornelius Hoste, Koolskamp († 1762)
• Anna Catharina De Groof, Wilrijk
• Balduinus DEVILLE, Chênée, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Anna Maria Wissink, Groenlo

• Catrijn Jans van der Vlucht (75), Noordwijk
• Anna Maria Baggers (68), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Françoise Charlotte de Boucherolle (76), Charbonnières-les-Vieilles, Puy-de-Dôme, France
• Gijsbertus Mode, Maarssen
• Justus Sigismund van Dyhrn Vrijheer van Schönau (73)
• Catharina (Trijntje) Jans VAN DER VLUGT (75), Noordwijk
• Grietje Everts Zand (38), Loppersum
• Jeanne Thérèse DECALF (32), Téteghem, Département du Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
• Frederika Molier (2), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelius Hoste (0), Koolskamp

• 1715 » Girolamo Abos, Maltese-Italian composer and educator († 1760)
• 1717 » Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher († 1793)
• 1720 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer († 1788)
• 1750 » Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician († 1818)
• 1753 » James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician († 1816)
• 1758 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author († 1841)
• 1774 » Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance († 1845)
• 1793 » Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era († 1861)
• 1806 » Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator († 1887)
• 1807 » Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet, author and naturalist († 1845)

• 1695 » Pierre Nicole, French philosopher and author (b. 1625)
• 1724 » Jack Sheppard, English criminal (b. 1702)
• 1745 » James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1665)
• 1773 » John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (b. 1715)
• 1779 » Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (b. 1716)
• 1790 » Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (b. 1723)
• 1797 » Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
• 1802 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (b. 1746)
• 1806 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
• 1808 » Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1779)

• 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 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• 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 November 16, 1762 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.