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• Ann Augustusz Schoevaert, Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1799)
• Adriana Harmanusdr Boonstoppel, Hardinxveld († 1836)
• Pieter van Gilst, Ridderkerk († 1829)
• A(Aleyda) Schepers, Albergen
• Aaltje Jacobs Vader, Oosterleek († 1772)
• Anje Jans, Wierhuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Schoenmakers, Dorst
• Alle Ydes Sinnema, Wirdum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Pieters Sollevelt, Naaldwijk, ZH, Nederland († 1767)
• Aleidis Jansdr van Heijningen, Wateringen († 1835)

• Eberwein Volcker (79), Nieder Elsungen, Hessen DLD
• Jacobus Govaert (58), Wondelgem (B)
• Mozes Samuel Levy Maduro (56), Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
• Anna Elisabeth Assmann (45), Spangenberg
• Daniel Adriaan le Leu de Wilhelm (29), 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Claude LE JEUNE (64), Mouroux,77120,Seine-et-Marne,Île-de-France,FRANCE,Seine et Marne
• Jantien CHRISTIAANS (27), Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Gerrit Adrianusz STOLK (1)
• Eberwein Völcker (79), Niederelsungen (Duitsland)
• Pieter Willems Van GILST (1)

• 1705 » Thomas Birch, English historian and author († 1766)
• 1715 » Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer and author († 1799)
• 1719 » Spranger Barry, Irish actor († 1777)
• 1749 » Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina († 1800)
• 1760 » François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist and activist († 1797)
• 1781 » Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg († 1847)
• 1785 » Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus († 1853)
• 1803 » Theodore Dwight Weld, American author and activist († 1895)
• 1804 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States († 1869)
• 1820 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and author († 1884)

• 1682 » Claude Lorrain, French-Italian painter and engraver (b. 1604)
• 1763 » Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat (b. 1673)
• 1769 » Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek prince (b. 1711)
• 1803 » Roger Newdigate, English politician (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1747)
• 1804 » Richard Graves, English minister and author (b. 1715)
• 1807 » Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (b. 1747)
• 1814 » Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
• 1833 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1762)
• 1890 » William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)

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 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.
• 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.

The temperature on November 23, 1766 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.