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• Antonius van den Reeck, Helmond Noord Brabant (NL)
• Anna Mechtildis Van Hold, Kalkar,Kleve,Rhineland, Prussia,Germany
• Adrianus van de Grindt, Drunen
• Cornelia de Bot, Dussen († 1818)
• Dirk Burgerhout, Schiedam
• Fop Maertensz. Kalisvaar, Vlaardingen
• Christiaan Ruikes, 's-Heerenberg, Montferland, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1849)
• Cornelia de Both, Dussen
• Adrianus Crijnen (Krijnen), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Abel Beerends Meelker, Een († 1837)

• Louise LEBRETON (4), Le Plessis-Grammoire, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Guillelmus Beutels (2), Scherpenheuvel
• Aaltien (0), Harderwijk
• Charlotte Louise Zoege von Manteuffel (31), Mežotne, Lettonie
• Jan Maartensz Bal, Kruiningen
• Catherine NAMOTTE, Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique
• Luise Charlotte von Manteuffel (31), Mesothen
• Catharina Borgerhoff (87), Berg aan de Maas (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Eva Gooijen (65), Sint-Geertruid, Limburg, Nederland
• John Roberts IV (3)

• 1684 » Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet, British politician († 1746)
• 1714 » Alaungpaya, Burmese king († 1760)
• 1732 » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist († 1785)
• 1758 » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1794)
• 1759 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician († 1833)
• 1772 » William I of the Netherlands († 1840)
• 1787 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer († 1834)
• 1824 » Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar († 1891)
• 1837 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)

• 1759 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1770 » Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
• 1779 » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 » Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 August 24, 1763 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.