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• Anshelmus Antonius van den Bergh, Amersfoort
• Daniel Smet, Hamme († 1844)
• Angelique Gerard, Mons, Henegouwen, België
• Derkjen Beltman, Ampsen († 1824)
• Daniel Polfliet, Bornem België
• Anthonij de Kloe, Andel
• Cornelis van Loon, Roosendaal († 1836)
• Anna Mechtild Grab, Wassenberg (Dld.)
• Anna Maria Achenbach, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1849)
• Anna Margaretha Letting, Bergen op Zoom, Nederland († 1835)

• Brigitte Brigitta MISSIAEN (57), Oudekapelle, 32019, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Hendrikje Dirks van den Hul (3), Lunteren
• Christianus Debont, Gaasbeek
• Catherine Bourdeau Genier (28), St-Constant, La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
• Arie Pietersz den Dubbelden (52), Hoogvliet
• Arij Pieters de Jong (52), Hoogvliet
• Arij den Dubbelden (52), Hoogvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend de Vente (78), Harderwijk
• Arnoldus van Zijtveld (6), Westbroek,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham van Acken (7), Oud-en Nieuw Gastel

• 1732 » Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer († 1809)
• 1745 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery († 1827)
• 1814 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician († 1900)
• 1817 » Lewis Armistead, American general († 1863)
• 1836 » Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and yogi († 1886)
• 1838 » Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1916)
• 1846 » Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager († 1904)
• 1848 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist († 1933)
• 1849 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician († 1906)
• 1850 » George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor († 1934)

• 1683 » Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
• 1695 » William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
• 1712 » Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
• 1743 » Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
• 1748 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
• 1772 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
• 1778 » Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
• 1780 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
• 1788 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
• 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)

• 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)
• May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
• June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
• 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 February 18, 1762 was about 10.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.