About the day » Sunday January 16, 1763Calender converter

• Anna Goos, Bünsdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Duitsland († 1799)
• Anne Marie Leautaud, ( Clouche ) Uvernet-Fours († 1771)
• Anthony van Zutphen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1768)
• Agatha Johanna van der PIJL, Sleeuwijk († 1820)
• Abraham Stoppelenburg, Waarder, Nederland
• Abraham Meijer, Weesp
• Aaltjen Davits MEIJBOOM, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Francisca Baillieuw, Zedelgem, WVL, B
• ANNA MARIA OVINK, Varseveld-Wisch
• Antje Cornelisdr van Egmond, Warmond

• Geertruy KLUVERS, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Garrit Beltman (1), Harfsen
• Geesken Herms (35), Terwolde (gem. Voorst)
• Agatha Wilhelmina Aylva (71)
• Adriana Ariensdr. Grootenboer (1)
• Dijmphna Dingeman Kersemans (8), Meer
• Ewoud Baak (48), Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christian Schmidt (1), Weidenhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Eva Margretha Schafer (66)
• Elisabeth Linde (2), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1691 » Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator († 1781)
• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
• 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)
• 1838 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist († 1917)

• 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
• 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
• 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
• 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
• 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)

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

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

• 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)
• February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
• May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
• May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
• September 14 » Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
• October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
• December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

The temperature on January 16, 1763 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder.