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• Catherine Joseph Delescaille, Lille (la Madeleine), 59350, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anna Maria Ferrier, Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Andreas Boeren, Princenhage
• Carolus ( Delye ) Dely, Torhout († 1809)
• Alida van Eijk, Zevenhuizen († 1834)
• Catharina Elizabeth van der Poel b2c3d8, Kaapstad († 1834)
• Anna VANMARSENILLE, Borlo, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Catharina JANSSEN, Meer, Antwerpen, België († 1856)
• Alida van Eyk, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Fredrix, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland

• Anthonie d'Arnaud (49), Leeuwarden, Friesl
• Franciscus Rimbaut (57), parochie Sint-Bartholomeus, Hillegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Antonie D'Arnaud
• Adriana Jacobsdr Geervliet (36)
• Adriana Geervliet (36), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine d' Arnaud (49), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Coppoolsen
• Antoine JOURD'HEUIL (44), Bussières lès Belmont, 52, Haute Marne, France
• Maijtie van Rijswijk (60)
• Adriaan Harmsen (65), Nunspeet

• 1710 » Thomas Arne, English composer († 1778)
• 1735 » François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat († 1821)
• 1753 » Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian († 1827)
• 1766 » Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian († 1815)
• 1781 » Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden († 1826)
• 1784 » William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster († 1856)
• 1795 » George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician († 1858)
• 1795 » William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto († 1861)
• 1806 » Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States († 1863)
• 1807 » James Abbott, Indian Army officer († 1896)

• 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
• 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)

• 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.
• 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 March 12, 1762 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken.