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• Adam Gosses
• Adam Adriaanszn Timmers, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1832)
• Anne Maria De Coninck, Erembodegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1818)
• Adrianus [Johannes] Mollen, Hapert († 1844)
• Annetje Rietdijk, Rockanje († 1843)
• Aaltje Boon, Beusichem (Buren) (GL)
• Adam Adriaans Timmers, Willemstad († 1832)
• Angenientje Anthonigijsbert Riet, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Graaff, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1846)
• Anna Cristina Leonora Wichmann († 1833)

• Anthonij BENT (85), Bredevoort
• Isabelle Samaeys (28), Maeter, East Flanders, Belgium
• Jacobus Claeys (0), Ruiselede
• Cornelis BIJLANT (56)
• Ezekiel Ogden (24)
• Jacomijntje KOERT Jdr (41)
• jacomijntje koert (41), ouddorp (goeree overflakkee)
• Elisabeth Van den Broeck, Heist-op-den-Berg,, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Janssens (80), Tessenderlo, Limburg, Belgium
• Adrianus Van Oers, Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België

• 1735 » Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer († 1800)
• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic († 1832)
• 1779 » Stephen Decatur, American commander († 1820)
• 1779 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer († 1813)
• 1781 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas († 1836)
• 1793 » Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician († 1855)
• 1808 » Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist († 1881)
• 1834 » William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer († 1861)
• 1838 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic († 1922)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)

• 1713 » Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
• 1762 » Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• 1771 » John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)
• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)

• 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.
• 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 January 5, 1766 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.