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• Cornelis Peterszn de Wit, Goudriaan († 1794)
• Antony Thierens, Rio Essequuebo († 1792)
• Aletta Theadora Marina Twent Hennequin, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1811)
• Gerhard Hermann Wolken, Fullen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1846)
• Alberdiena SYTZES Nijdam, (GR) Haren
• Anna Catharina Mergaerts, Werchter († 1765)
• Andreas GEUENS, Balen,2490,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË († 1834)
• Anna Petronella van Visvliet, Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1823)
• Aletta Theodora Maria Twent Hennequin, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1811)
• Anna Petronella van Visvliet Vrouwe van Buttinge, Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland († 1823)

• Electa Versteegh (21), Rhenoy, Beesd
• Margarita Wagemans (0), Neer, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• José de Figueiró Lima, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Mathijs Heijs (69), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hess (74), Oberjosbach, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Francis GILBERT (32), Phillack, Cornwall, England
• Johannes Lückert (1), Völkershausen, Vacha, Wartburgkreis, Thüringen, Duitsland
• Guilielmus Joannes Boodts (70), Temse
• Adrianus Coppens, parochie Sint-Amandus, Leeuwergem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Dirck Cornelisz Duijndam (74)

• 1696 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan († 1754)
• 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
• 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
• 1740 » Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general († 1817)
• 1754 » Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. († 1825)
• 1788 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic († 1853)
• 1815 » Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet and historian († 1894)
• 1820 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer († 1893)
• 1828 » Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general († 1895)
• 1834 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty († 1904)

• 1667 » Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
• 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
• 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
• 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
• 1799 » Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
• 1815 » Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763)
• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)

• 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.
• 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 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
• December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

The temperature on August 2, 1763 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.