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• Abraham Melchizedeks Olingius, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1823)
• Aalbert Gelderblom, Bergambacht
• Abraham Melchisedek Olingius, Sneek († 1823)
• Anna Jacoba van SOMEREN, Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1817)
• Adriana Magdalena van de Valk, Loenen
• Akke Ruurds Bouma, Wolsum († 1769)
• Anna Hendrika Smits, Rotterdam
• Adriana Magdalena van der Valk, Loenen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Clara VAN DOORN, 's-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Nederland († 1797)
• Abraham Melchizedeks olingius, sneek († 1823)

• Elisabeth Jüngst (57), Hatzfeld, Kreis Frankenberg
• Elizabeth Fletcher (98), Concord, Middlesex, MA
• Cornelis Jans Beers (50), Bangert Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Gerardus Zanders (23), Holtum, Born, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Mebben (77)
• Cornelia MESTDAGH
• Cornelia Cruijssen
• Joannes Vergauwen, Bornem, 2880, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Godefridus DOGGE (12)
• Huijbertje Chielen van Drunen (1), Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1740 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician († 1810)
• 1759 » Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer († 1823)
• 1771 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg († 1820)
• 1772 » David Ricardo, British economist and politician († 1823)
• 1794 » William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams († 1863)
• 1797 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France († 1877)
• 1813 » James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author († 1865)
• 1819 » Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist († 1874)
• 1819 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor († 1895)
• 1838 » Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic († 1912)

• 1674 » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (b. 1620)
• 1689 » George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1648)
• 1732 » Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
• 1742 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
• 1763 » Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1796 » Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732)
• 1802 » Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)

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

The temperature on April 18, 1762 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.