About the day » Thursday November 4, 1762Calender converter

• Antoine Joachim LEDET, Wissant, Pas-De-Calais, Hauts-De-France, France († 1794)
• Allegonda de Gouw, Dussen († 1833)
• Antonetta van der PLUIJM, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1846)
• Becker († 1762)
• Anna Maria Cannaerts, Heist op den Berg († 1837)
• Angèlique Joseph De Courchelles, Lorgies († 1763)
• , Beek en Donk († 1762)
• Christianus van der Borgh (van der Borg), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Looijen, Huijbergen, Woensdrecht († 1831)
• Abraham Weaver, Earl Twp., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1831)

• Jan Claasz de Beer (42), Oostzaan
• Annigje Hogerhout (0), Kamerik
• Andries Janzn Lustigh (41), Huijsen
• Cornelia Janse GIBO (65), Ameide
• Cornelia Gibbo (65)
• Cornelia Gibbe (65), Ameide, Nederland
• Daniel Neal McDonald (42), King George, King George, Virginia, United States
• Dymphna Everart van EETEN (74), Baarle-Hertog, 2387, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelia Jans Ghibbo (Ghibo Gieben) (65), Ameide, Nederland
• Cornelia Jansd GHIBO (65), Ameide, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1661 » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt († 1742)
• 1740 » Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymn writer († 1778)
• 1765 » Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer († 1836)
• 1809 » Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist († 1874)
• 1816 » Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist 5th Chief Justice of California († 1899)
• 1821 » Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman († 1915)
• 1836 » Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman († 1912)
• 1840 » William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania († 1887)
• 1853 » Anna Bayerová, Czech physician († 1924)
• 1862 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director († 1932)

• 1658 » Antoine Le Maistre, French lawyer and author (b. 1608)
• 1669 » Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1603)
• 1698 » Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)
• 1702 » John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653)
• 1704 » Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and scholar (b. 1654)
• 1781 » Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and songwriter (b. 1721)
• 1801 » William Shippen, American physician and anatomist (b. 1712)
• 1847 » Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
• 1847 » Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
• 1856 » Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (b. 1797)

• 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)
• 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 » 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 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.

The temperature on November 4, 1762 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.