About the day » Wednesday October 15, 1766Calender converter

• Annigje Cornelisse Bogert, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1848)
• Anna Canters, Valkenswaard (NL) († 1835)
• Catharina van den Elsen, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Marie Neyt, Sint-Kruis (B) († 1848)
• Ariaantje Jansdr Hartog, Sliedrecht († 1844)
• Aart Simonsz Wals, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1839)
• Catharina Dirksdr. Nieuwenbroek, Den Haag († 1849)
• Abraham Geervliet, Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1825)
• Baukje Nannes Bouma, Achtkarspelen († 1838)
• Daniel Kroh, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein

• Adrianus Remmery (48), Zwevegem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aegje Booy, Kralingen
• Annetje Jorisse HUIJSER (67), Rhoon
• Anne BERNARD (58), Lannédern, 29115, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Daniël Seghers (77), Sint-Amands
• Cornelis GerritsZ Kriek (69), Delfshaven
• Catharina Wauters, Temse
• Cornelis Centen Van BAART
• Jacoba Theresia Verfaillie (9), Gits (België)
• Jakob Outhaerlem (58), Maassluis

• 1711 » Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine († 1741)
• 1762 » Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator († 1820)
• 1767 » Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician († 1832)
• 1784 » Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria († 1849)
• 1785 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician († 1821)
• 1789 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds († 1847)
• 1795 » Frederick William IV of Prussia, Prussian king from 1840-1861 († 1861)
• 1814 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter († 1841)
• 1816 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales († 1891)
• 1818 » Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer († 1869)

• 1684 » Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)
• 1690 » Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
• 1715 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1788 » Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
• 1810 » Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
• 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
• 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)

• 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.
• November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
• 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 October 15, 1766 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.