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• Anna Katharina Busch († 1835)
• Dorothea Justina Zuurhuijzen, Haarlem († 1836)
• Catherine WIOLAND, Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1839)
• Elizabeth Mann, Rockingham, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1779)
• Antonius Faesen, Retie († 1798)
• Berent Jurgen Korteman, Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland († 1808)
• Gerardus van Vliet, Waveren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Ursem, Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Ursem, Obdam
• Frederik Hendrik de Braconier, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1832)

• Hendris Willems van de Meruven (64), Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop
• Henrich Van Huet (77), Vrasselt, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Jan Jans van Oostvoorn (47), Sommelsdijk
• Akke Sikkes (58), Makkum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Clara Alting (90), Groningen ( Gr)
• Leendert Leenderse van der [Cleij] Kleij (54), Wassenaar
• Eje Jeltes, Lutjegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Dieuwtje Pietersz Mantel (0), Andijk
• Johann Dieterich Könemann (0), Warmsen (Hauskämpen)
• kraamkind van Jan van den BOOGAERT, Wieldrecht

• 1713 » Ferdinand VI of Spain († 1759)
• 1740 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan († 1813)
• 1771 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan († 1840)
• 1778 » Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1811)
• 1781 » Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1860)
• 1791 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic († 1865)
• 1791 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author († 1813)
• 1800 » William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic († 1873)
• 1819 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic († 1896)
• 1823 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia († 1902)

• 1675 » Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603)
• 1728 » Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
• 1738 » Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
• 1764 » Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1773 » Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
• 1789 » John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
• 1835 » Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
• 1846 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (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)
• March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
• May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• 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.
• July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
• October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

The temperature on September 23, 1762 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken.