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• Adriaantje Visbeen, Dirksland († 1794)
• Aegje Heijkoop, Schoonrewoerd
• Albert Jans Knip, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1828)
• Abigaël HENRIQUES de CASTRO, Bayonne, 64100, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, Frankrijk († 1794)
• Anthonetta Sprang, van Diemen, Rotterdam
• Anneke Wijlhuizen, Velp, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1802)
• Anna Maria Noter, Alterswilen,Thurgau,Switzerland
• Andries Heeres Rodenburg, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria WILLEMS, Escharen
• Adrianus Gerritsz Koppenol, Hoogvliet

• Geertken Hoijkinck, Winterswijk
• Hendrik Wilbrink (65), Amsterdam
• Gerrit Aartsen (64), Voorthuizen
• Juda Thuenis Meijer (36), Gorssel
• Henriette Schmidt (3), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Casper Smeehuijs (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Chrétien Georges de Winterfelt (77), Schweidniz
• Jacob Danielsz VISSER (1)
• Anna Margarita Jans Ter Veer (10), Klienmeer,Gro,Netherlands
• François Nicolas BOUCHY (76), Rémilly (57), France

• 1698 » William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire († 1755)
• 1711 » Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty († 1779)
• 1750 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral († 1810)
• 1758 » Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician († 1820)
• 1767 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor († 1835)
• 1774 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist († 1845)
• 1783 » Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure († 1858)
• 1791 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer († 1824)
• 1792 » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand († 1842)
• 1820 » Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic († 1891)

• 1623 » Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540)
• 1626 » Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyō (b. 1554)
• 1716 » Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
• 1764 » Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
• 1800 » William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)
• 1802 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)

• 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 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• 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.
• 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 September 26, 1762 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken.