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• Adrianus Evertze Schimmel, Hoogland
• Aziel (infant) Burt († 1766)
• Ardianus Schimmel, Hoogland (Amersfoort) († 1821)
• Anna Christina Meijvisch, Mechelen,Sint Jan († 1766)
• Antonia van Weerdenburgh, Lithoijen († 1766)
• Allard Philip Reinier Carel Baron Van Der. Borch, Arnhem (GLD) NL († 1836)
• ANNA ELISABETH NUYENS, Beerse
• Augustus Van Wansele, Bachte Maria Leerne (O-VL) België
• Anna Maria Flintrop, Warbeyen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Allard Philip Reinier Carel VAN DER BORCH, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1836)

• Aart Barmentloo (10)
• Anna Theresia BERTELS (9), Balen Belgie
• Jean GOURDON (68), Saint-Quentin-en-Mauges, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Anna Wilhelmina De Winter (0), Eeckeren
• Georg Wilholte (65), Heede, Emsland
• Jacobus Leendertsz Hoefnagel (82), Harderwijk, Gelderland (NL)
• Jacob Lenaerts Hoefnagel (70), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacobus Steverlynck (73), Rumbeke, Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Jan Jansse de Morie (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• David Sabot (0), Brugge

• 1708 » Egidio Duni, Italian composer († 1775)
• 1764 » Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright († 1811)
• 1776 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece († 1831)
• 1800 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype († 1877)
• 1802 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist († 1880)
• 1805 » Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer († 1866)
• 1812 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America († 1883)
• 1813 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic († 1865)
• 1821 » Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar († 1881)
• 1830 » Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer († 1913)

• 1626 » Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1548)
• 1650 » René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
• 1755 » Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
• 1763 » William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
• 1795 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
• 1829 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
• 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
• 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Pieter
4. Johannes
5. Joannes
6. Hendrik
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Jean
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Johann

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Grietje
10. Trijntje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
• May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
• November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
• December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
• December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
• December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

The temperature on February 11, 1766 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: sneeuw zeer betrokken.