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• Albert Carel Snouckaert van Schauburg, baron († 1841)
• Albert Arents Fonteyn, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aegtie Cornelisdr Solleveld, Naaldwijk († 1801)
• Anna van der Linden, Capelle aan den IJssel
• Aagje Cornelisdr Sollevelt, Naaldwijk († 1801)
• Aaltje Noorloos, Andel
• Adrianus CORSTEN, Arendonk (Antwerpen), België († 1814)
• ADRIAAN SCHOUTEN, ALBLASSERDAM († 1841)
• Aartje van den Berg, Beekbergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1764)
• Aeltje IJsbrands Abbenes, den Hoorn († 1764)

• Carolus Vrebos (Vrebosch) (1), Kortenberg
• Cornelis Pietersz van Adrichem (54), Honselersdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Maertenz van Duijn (39), Wassenaar
• Ferdinand Maximiliaan Frans Graaf Morzin (69), Dolni Lukavice (Unter-Lukawitz), Z.W.-Bohemen, Tsjechië
• Dorothea Boekenburg (25), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Pietersz van Adrichem (54), Honselersdijk
• Charlotte Parent (85), Beauport, Quebec, Canada
• Cornelius van Adrichem (54), Honselersdijk
• Daniel Boterenbrood (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Engeltje Hendriks Wijker (3), Egmond aan Zee

• 1713 » Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator († 1778)
• 1762 » Samuel Morey, American engineer († 1843)
• 1766 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general († 1847)
• 1790 » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator († 1860)
• 1796 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician († 1857)
• 1801 » Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor († 1851)
• 1805 » John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian († 1886)
• 1813 » Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer († 1848)
• 1815 » João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician († 1889)
• 1817 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author († 1875)

• 1616 » Leonhard Hutter, German theologian and academic (b. 1563)
• 1688 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
• 1730 » Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
• 1764 » Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
• 1774 » Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)

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.
• June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
• August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
• September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
• 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 October 23, 1763 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.