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• Conrad Long
• Azing Jans Venema, Tripscompagnie, Muntendam († 1854)
• Ariaantje Tersmette, Monster († 1809)
• Claude BELLEVILLE, Aubinges, 18220, France († 1839)
• Anna Catharina Oerlemans, Nispen († 1850)
• Anna Margaretha Metz, Hessen, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany († 1766)
• Ariaantje Janse Tersmetten, Poeldijk
• Ariaantje ter Smette, Poeldijk, RK kerk († 1809)
• Abraham Luteijn, Nieuwvliet, Zeeland, NL († 1842)
• Ariaantje ter Smette (Tersmette), Monster, ZH, Nederland († 1809)

• Anna Maria Hollebeke (33), Oedelem
• Elisabeth Vilvoije, Wijlre
• Abigail Savage *** (58), Windham, Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• evert tandie (24), azie
• Marie Josèphe Crins (43), Mallmedy, 4960, Liège, Belgique
• Joanna Roctus, St. Amands
• Jacob Dozy (79), Leiden, Z.H
• Abigail Carey (42), Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States
• Cornelia Reijnen <- Theunissen (33), Cuijk
• Elisaberth Vilvoije , Vilvord, Wijlre, Nederland

• 1729 » Pierre van Maldere, Belgian violinist and composer († 1768)
• 1752 » Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic († 1827)
• 1754 » Morgan Lewis, American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York († 1844)
• 1758 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer († 1843)
• 1762 » Paul Hamilton, American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy († 1816)
• 1789 » William Burton, American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware († 1866)
• 1795 » William Buell Sprague, American minister, historian, and author († 1876)
• 1802 » Isaac Murphy, American educator and politician, 8th Governor of Arkansas († 1882)
• 1803 » Robert Stephenson, English railway and civil engineer († 1859)
• 1804 » Benjamin Russell, American painter and educator († 1885)

• 1730 » Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, 3rd French Governor of Louisiana (b. 1658)
• 1730 » Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Greek politician, 139th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1666)
• 1750 » Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (b. 1687)
• 1755 » Gerard Majella, Italian saint (b. 1725)
• 1774 » Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750)
• 1791 » Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (b. 1739)
• 1793 » John Hunter, Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728)
• 1793 » Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (b. 1755)
• 1796 » Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726)
• 1799 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760)

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 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.
• 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 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 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

The temperature on October 16, 1766 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.