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• Adriana Flipse Bal († 1811)
• Adrianus van Putten, Leiden
• Aaltje Arijsdr Zuijderduijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Aagje Izaaks Vermaat, Hekelingen († 1777)
• Aaltje Arijsdr Zuijderduijn, Katwijk aan Zee († 1832)
• Abraham in de Holtmate, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Alberts, Noordhorn
• Aaltje Zuiderduin, Katwijk aan Zee († 1832)
• Abram Hemminck, Hengelo
• Adriana Philippusdr Bal, Scheveningen († 1811)

• Edsko Nannens Sierts (60), Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Mary Elizabeth (Lily) Burgess (54), Nuthurst, Sussex, England
• Maria SPANJERSBERG (55)
• Joseph Judocus Kersten, Horst
• Pierre JAILLARD (70), Saint-Rémy-la-Vanne, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
• Foekje Feddes van der Sluys (38), Wommels, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Jan van Lochem (75)
• Jeanne-Marie BAUMIER (68), Bour St Andeol
• Jacobus VAN GESTEL (56)
• Joannes Baptist Dhooghe (62), Wachtebeke

• 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1767)
• 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)
• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)

• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)

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 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 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 February 23, 1766 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: mist donker.