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• Derk Alberts (Smeen) Smeenge, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1816)
• Anna Catharina Welter, Köwerich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Albert Jans (Kinderman) van der Werf, Tietjerk, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hugenholtz († 1794)
• Arij Van Der Zee, Zwartewaal
• Cornelia Willems van der Sluijs, Zwartewaal
• Albert Jans Kinderman, Tietjerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1811)
• Bastiaan Cornelsz Sluijs, Montfoort/UTR († 1814)
• Albert Jans, Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1811)
• Elisabeth Müller, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1831)

• Jannetje Harmens Polder (31), Oostzaandam
• Anna Mechtildes Eijckenboom, Heerlen
• George Seton
• Aertje Cornelisse van Honswyck, Everdingen
• Cornelis Peter Akkermans, Oosterhout
• Jacobus Eijkenboom (1), Heerlen
• Henricus Matthias van Gemert (41), Best
• Arend te Paste, Geesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Mechtildis Eijkenboom (0)
• Hezekiah Rhodes II (65)

• 1712 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist († 1780)
• 1714 » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer († 1788)
• 1726 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1799)
• 1746 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer († 1802)
• 1748 » William V, Prince of Orange († 1806)
• 1761 » Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author († 1815)
• 1799 » Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Secretary of War († 1889)
• 1804 » Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician († 1887)
• 1822 » Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp († 1882)
• 1826 » Johann Köler, Estonian painter and academic († 1899)

• 1702 » William III of England (b. 1650)
• 1717 » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
• 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1731 » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)
• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)

• 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 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
• September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
• October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

The temperature on March 8, 1762 was about 2.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw.