About the day » Thursday May 5, 1763Calender converter

• Christian Roskamp, Brual
• Anna Catharina Adelheid Momma, Düsseldorf (D)
• Geesje Scholten († 1807)
• Anna Fidder, Elburg († 1847)
• Piek, Rotsterhaule († 1845)
• Bernardus Kruitwagen, Oud-Zevenaar († 1801)
• Bernardus Kruijtwagen, Oud Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abigail Wilbur, Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
• Gilles Geerhardus Kribbe, Rotterdam († 1764)
• Gerarda Wilhelmijna Arnoldusdr Hofs, Groessen, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Heuvelmans (27), Knokke
• Edward Baker (66)
• Barnardus Vollenhoven
• Anna Martha Berthold (67), Besse
• Berend Willem BUYS (47), 's-Gravenhage,, Pays-Bas
• Arie Florisz Oskamp (5), Lopikerkapel
• Adriana_Janse Meys (67), Helvoirt
• Edmund Tuttle (28), Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Theresia Petronella Cheyns (0), Ettelgem
• Geertrui Suzanne Spanuyt (71), Leiden, Z.H

• 1747 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1792)
• 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
• 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
• 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
• 1813 » Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author († 1855)
• 1818 » Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist († 1883)
• 1826 » Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III († 1920)
• 1830 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company († 1906)
• 1832 » Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian († 1918)
• 1833 » Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic († 1905)

• 1671 » Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
• 1672 » Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)
• 1700 » Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)
• 1705 » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 » Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 » Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)

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. Trijntje
11. Aaltje
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)
• May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
• July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
• August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
• 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 May 5, 1763 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by north. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.