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• Gerhardus Bernhard Hilling (Helling), Niederlangen (Duitsland) († 1821)
• Gijsbert Hoevenaar, Utrecht († 1783)
• Antoni Cugini (Cucini, Coetzini, Cogini), Amsterdam
• Gerhardus Bernhard (Gerd Berd) Hilling, Niederlangen, Lathen († 1821)
• GUILLAUME JOSEPH CABAY, MORTROUX
• Gerhardus Bernhard Hilling, Niederlangen Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation († 1821)
• Gertrudis Gerrits, Mook († 1844)
• Gerhard Bernhard Hilling, Niederlangen († 1821)
• Hilarion van LIEDEKERKE-BEAUFORT, Horion,Hozemont,B († 1841)
• Deborah Blanchard, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 1767)

• Lauwke CORNELLIJS (4), Usquert, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonette van Bevervoorden (75), Kampen
• Alardus Verdellen (62), Horst
• Ignace Maria Maximiliaan Damas Joseph Leander Graaf van Attems-Heiligenkreuz (48), Wenen
• Catharina COSSEN
• Ignaz Maria v.Attems (48), Wien
• Jennegien Sating (50), Veldhausen (Nedersaksen), Duitsland
• Catharina (55), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Catharina Cossen, Wesuwe
• Dirk Gerardus Wetenkamp (4), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1704 » John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle († 1780)
• 1714 » César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer († 1784)
• 1718 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca († 1796)
• 1778 » Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer († 1853)
• 1800 » William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician († 1867)
• 1808 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist († 1845)
• 1810 » Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator († 1876)
• 1811 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician († 1879)
• 1818 » Charles Gounod, French composer and academic († 1893)
• 1818 » Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands († 1877)

• 1696 » John III Sobieski, Polish king (b. 1629)
• 1719 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1672)
• 1734 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)
• 1740 » Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)
• 1762 » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1771 » Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)
• 1775 » John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
• 1797 » Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)

• 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.
• 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 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.

The temperature on June 17, 1762 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.