About the day » Monday August 16, 1762Calender converter

• Elisabeth Marianne Papavoine, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jane Darley, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland († 1843)
• Joanna Hansen, Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Adelheid Veltman, Frenswege (D) († 1833)
• Gerardus Lombarts, Tilburg († 1838)
• Benjamin Tunis, Lower Merion Twp, Philadelphia (Montgomery), PA († 1843)
• Hendrik van der Gaag, Maassluis († 1820)
• Catharina Hendriks Geerlinghs, Heel, Limburg, Nederland († 1834)
• Anna Maria Adelheid Veltman, Frenswegen, Gem. Nordhorn, Nedersaksen, Duitsland († 1833)
• Aaltje van Doorn, Zwolle

• Jaapje Dirks, Blaricum
• Jaques Adriaenssen Jans, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christoph Martin von Degenfeld-Schonburg (73)
• Joannes De Blaere (79), Wingene,8750,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Cornelisse Van Der Harst (1)
• Dorothy Hunt (20), Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
• Jean François MECHOUD (47), Morzine, 74110, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FRANCE
• Agneta Bouwina van Klenck
• François MANDINAUD (3), ( La Chèvrerie, 16098, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
• Adriana STRIJERS (30), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)

• 1682 » Louis, Duke of Burgundy († 1712)
• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)
• 1842 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic († 1922)

• 1661 » Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608)
• 1678 » Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)

• 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 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.
• July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
• October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

The temperature on August 16, 1762 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.