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• Andreas de Decker, Etten-Leur
• Aaltje Geerts, Groningen († 1825)
• Agatha Zandbergen, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1815)
• Aaltje Hoiting, Groningen, gr.nld
• Agatha Jansdr Zandbergen, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1815)
• Aaltje Jans Heiting, Groningen († 1825)
• Ane Hessels Heslinga, Oosterlittens, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1842)
• Adriana Hopmans, Groesbeek
• Abraham van den Berg (Abrahamsen), Garderen
• Ann Pealor Christmas, Bridal Creek, Warren, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1824)

• Bastiaan (Sebastianus) de Groot (53), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaen Polak (56)
• Anna Petronella Willemsdr van Schuylenburch (73), The Hague, The Netherlands
• Christina Houben (42), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Geeter (77)
• Geert JACOBS (28), Leens, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Bauwke Writzers EUWES (30), Westeremden, Stedum, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Heinrich Guth (28)
• Francis Eduardus Tronco (4), Temse
• Antje Pieters Krab (26), West-Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland

• 1708 » William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1777)
• 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
• 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
• 1716 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1785)
• 1722 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author († 1805)
• 1763 » Charles XIV John of Sweden († 1844)
• 1781 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author († 1831)
• 1813 » Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet († 1876)
• 1824 » Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist († 1888)
• 1832 » George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist († 1924)

• 1697 » Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
• 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
• 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
• 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
• 1795 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
• 1799 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
• 1823 » Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
• 1824 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1831 » Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
• 1831 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)

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. Adriana
13. Antje
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 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
• 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 January 26, 1766 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: natte mist.