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• Cornelia van Wingerden, Zwijndrecht († 1815)
• Dina Dirksdr Zwart, Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• "Mr". Barro Adema, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1822)
• Barro Adema, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1822)
• Eelke Westra, Veenwouden († 1767)
• Antonia Kostermans, Wouw
• Antonia Kostermans, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1845)
• Daniel Schoonmaker
• Anna Douwes Minnema, Uitwellingerga
• Bartholomeüs van Leeuwen, Leiden († 1766)

• Franciscus Hubertus DE PRETER (3), Rillaar, 24092, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Johanna Margarete Von Reuss (71), Dresden (Sachsen) D
• Aagje Nannings Zandvliet (36), Zoeterwoude
• Anna Wilbor (79), Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• G(Gerardus) Librans (60), Terborg
• Catharina Decoster (82), Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgie
• Dirk Zussen (0), Den Helder
• Constantia Fehman (68), Åbo
• Gerardus (Geurt, Guert) LIBRANS (LIBRANT, LIJBRANDT, LIJBRANT, LIBERHANS) (60), Terborg, Oude IJsselstreek (NL)
• Cath√©rine STOLTZ (51), Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)

• 1725 » Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan († 1789)
• 1737 » Rama I, Thai king († 1809)
• 1771 » Heinrich Clauren, German author († 1854)
• 1796 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician († 1862)
• 1799 » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author († 1839)
• 1800 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica († 1845)
• 1805 » Thomas Cooper, British poet († 1892)
• 1811 » George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri († 1879)
• 1811 » Napoleon II, French emperor († 1832)
• 1821 » Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher († 1886)

• 1673 » Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (b. 1603)
• 1688 » Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (b. 1642)
• 1730 » Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
• 1746 » Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (b. 1656)
• 1780 » Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)
• 1793 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1705)
• 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)

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 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.
• May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
• 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 March 20, 1766 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.