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• Elisabeth Yates, Schenectady († 1824)
• Jacoba de HOON ( de WOON ), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Christine Hendrikx, Hunsel († 1819)
• Catharina Theresia CLOOSTERMANS, Zichem
• Hermanus Geradts, Heythuysen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1827)
• Arnoldus Willems, Heumen
• Maria Closé, Schiedam
• Beata Johansdotter Schroderus, Sotkamo, Oulu, Finland († 1832)
• Anna (Antje, Naatje) Bijvoet, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1804)
• Arnoldus Wilhems, Malden (Heumen) († 1838)

• Hendrik ten Elsen, Meddo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Henricus van Beveren (1), 's Gravenhage
• Elisabeth Verdonck (36), Olen
• Peeters Willem (48), Merksplas, Antwerpen België
• Jacobus Koorenhoff (Greijnkoord) (63), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• David Henri Meuron (49), St Sulpice, Neuchatel, Suisse
• Jacques Philippe Dumont (4), St-Charles, Bellechasse, QC, Canada
• Arij Korsten van den Heuvel, de Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje van Zwieten, Ter Aar
• Aurélius SPILLEBEEN (4), Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1701 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer († 1759)
• 1711 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher († 1776)
• 1724 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal († 1797)
• 1740 » Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general († 1814)
• 1748 » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher († 1793)
• 1763 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general († 1813)
• 1767 » Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia († 1820)
• 1774 » William Bainbridge, American commodore († 1833)
• 1787 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal († 1858)
• 1812 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright († 1889)

• 1667 » Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (b. 1616)
• 1682 » Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
• 1685 » Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)
• 1718 » Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
• 1793 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
• 1800 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1805 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
• 1815 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
• 1825 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
• 1840 » Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)

• 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 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.
• July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
• September 14 » Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
• 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 7, 1763 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.