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• , Loosduinen
• Annatje Tober, 's-Graveland († 1799)
• Antonij Hendrik Passeloo, Neede
• Arij Gerritsz. Kalisvaart, Vlaardingen
• Adriaana Izaks Provilij, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Jans, Schiermonnikoog († 1793)
• Ariaantje Gerritsdr. Brouwer, Barendrecht
• Adriaan van Dorenmalen, Waalre († 1845)
• Abraham Ziegeler, Enschede († 1829)
• Albert van den Berg, Egmond-Binnen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Eva Catharina Reith (0), Margretenhaun, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Johanna Koops
• Anna Glen (73)
• Antonie Vonk (20), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Hendriks Ligt, Oud-Loosdrecht
• Hendrik Jochemsz Edelenbosch (57), Enkhuizen
• Bridget Miner Grant (35), Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Antje Abeles (34)
• Cornelis Grobelaar (26), Drakenstein, Paarl, WC, South Africa
• Johan Baptist Wouters (2)

• 1702 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician († 1788)
• 1717 » Blind Jack, English engineer († 1810)
• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)

• 1621 » John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Joannes
5. Cornelis
6. Hendrik
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. John
14. Dirk
15. Johann
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Grietje
11. Elizabeth
12. Neeltje
13. Aaltje
14. Adriana
15. Jannetje
16. Antje

• 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.
• July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
• 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 August 15, 1762 was about 16.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.