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• Cornelia Koemans, rotterdam (zuid holland) († 1816)
• Anna Theresia Spruytte, Staden,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1809)
• Attje Hillebrands Noordwijk, Wijnjeterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1833)
• Cartina KOELE, Dordrecht
• Cornelia Steen van, Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Koemans, Rotterdam († 1816)
• Adriana Dietrig, Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Goris, Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina MULDERS, Arcen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1818)
• Catharina (Katrina) Alfenaar, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1808)

• Johann Paul REICHENBACH (0), Sangerhausen, Sangerhausen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
• THERESIA GELDOLF (48), BAZEL,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Teuntje Labaar (0), Haarlem, Holland (North), Netherlands
• Geeraert Den Doncker, Drongen,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Arij Lambregtsz van Marion (47), Oostvoorne, Nederland
• Maarten Stolk (1), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacobus Blijenberg (2), De Klinge
• Geert Hendrickx Zwier (81), Oldemarkt, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Jannetje Jacobsd. Dekker (0), Oostvoorne
• Lidewij Jansd De GROOT (33)

• 1730 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general († 1794)
• 1739 » John Rutledge, American judge and politician, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States († 1800)
• 1743 » Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and political scientist († 1794)
• 1771 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author († 1816)
• 1773 » Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer († 1849)
• 1783 » Nadezhda Durova, Russian soldier († 1866)
• 1797 » Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist († 1821)
• 1817 » Herman Adolfovich Trautscohold, German geologist and paleontologist († 1902)
• 1819 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic († 1901)
• 1820 » Émile Augier, French playwright († 1889)

• 1676 » Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi and scholar (b. 1626)
• 1679 » John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general and politician, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (b. 1629)
• 1721 » Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1645)
• 1762 » Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)
• 1771 » Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1721)
• 1803 » Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer and director (b. 1766)
• 1808 » Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (b. 1755)
• 1817 » Jacques Bernard d'Anselme, French general (b. 1740)
• 1836 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
• 1852 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President (1841) (b. 1797)

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

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.
• March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
• July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
• 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 September 17, 1766 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.