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• Dorothy Adamson, Houghton Spring, Durham, England
• Cornelia Jansdr Pas, Middelharnis († 1849)
• Doetje IJmkes, Jellum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1788)
• Aaltje Harms Balsters, Charlotten polder (duitsland) († 1804)
• Doetje Ymkesdr Kingma, Jellum, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1788)
• Hendrina van der Heijden, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1842)
• Jean Louis Landry, Den Haag
• Alida Wijnands, Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, NH, Nederland († 1830)
• Anne DELETANG, Martizay, 36220, France († 1763)
• Cornelia PAS Jdr, Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1849)

• Antonetta Stouthaemers (50), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Zijp (0), Spaarndam
• Arnoldus Corstiaens (68), Bergeijk (Bergeijk) (Noord-Brabant)
• Georgius Mares (32), Wilre, Wolder, Maastricht, Nederland
• Anthonetta Stouthamer (50), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirkske Michiel Adriaan van Bochoven (70), Hedikhuizen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Geertruid van der Horst, 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Dominicus Verpoorten (86)
• Antonia Stouthamers (50), Bergen op Zoom
• Hendrik Gilliszn Speijers (46), Amsterdam

• 1686 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale († 1736)
• 1689 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1769)
• 1743 » Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician († 1793)
• 1789 » Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
• 1794 » William Whewell, English priest and philosopher († 1866)
• 1803 » Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist († 1866)
• 1810 » Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar († 1874)
• 1816 » Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter († 1868)
• 1819 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom († 1901)
• 1830 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic († 1897)

• 1665 » Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (b. 1602)
• 1734 » Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1792 » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
• 1806 » John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 24, 1763 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.