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• Carolina Isabella Cornelia Albertina van Haersolte, Zutphen († 1829)
• Cornelia Harms, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alida van der Lee, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1828)
• Anna Wenckers, Huissen († 1833)
• Anna Maria Graus, Echt
• Cajsa Greta Israelsdotter, Äland, Säbrå (Y) († 1846)
• Caralina Isabella Elbertina van Haersolte, Zutphen († 1829)
• Van Dorst, De Langendijk, Roosendaal, Netherlands († 1858)
• Anna Elisabeth Willems, Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1801)
• Antonius Mol

• Petrus Verhaeghe (5), Sint-Denijs
• Constantinus Rombaut (0), Munkzwalm, East Flanders, Belgium
• Maria Ceuppens, Poederlee, 2275, Lille, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Martinus Reyniers (63), Evergem, België
• Johann Ernst Wilhelm VON SCHAFFGOTSCH (62), Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
• Florens Joseph Lippert (68), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Mary Bronaugh (33), Fairfax Co, Va
• Robert Lewis (61), Belvoir, Virginia
• Pierre Bonnet (0), Thenet, 86110, France
• Maria van der Linden

• 1705 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician († 1781)
• 1728 » Peter III of Russia († 1762)
• 1783 » Catharina of Württemberg († 1835)
• 1788 » Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph († 1873)
• 1791 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer († 1857)
• 1794 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico († 1876)
• 1801 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal († 1890)
• 1817 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright († 1893)
• 1821 » Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons († 1871)
• 1836 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer († 1891)

• 1677 » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
• 1715 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
• 1730 » Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
• 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
• 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)

1. Jan
2. Pieter
3. Cornelis
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. Johann

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 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 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 February 21, 1766 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: natte mist.