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• Aagje Cornelisdr Zonneveld, Katwijk († 1816)
• Adrianus Jans de Graaff, Ooltgensplaat († 1807)
• Andries Mackaaij, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1828)
• Adrianus van der Wielen, Den Haag
• Aaltje Pureveen, Eemnes-Buiten
• Derk Jans Klein, Nieuwleusen († 1844)
• Aagje Cornelisdr. Sonnevelt, Katwijk
• Adrianus Janse Graaf de, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kreuk, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1825)
• Albert Klaas HARTOG (ook DEKKER), Assendelft († 1838)

• Cecilia De Witte (43), Pittem,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Jan Treur (11)
• John Hurd (74), Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
• Judocus Caudyser (12), Tiegem
• Arend Hendrik Brinkman (56)
• Claes RUTTEN (63), Dordrecht
• Amund Olson Lomen (32), Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Elbertjen Aartsen (7), Elspeet
• Clasina (Claasje) van Rossum (48), Ede
• Claasje Jans Van der Vliet (51)

• 1718 » Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer († 1790)
• 1748 » Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar († 1833)
• 1755 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist († 1836)
• 1759 » Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist († 1797)
• 1788 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer († 1863)
• 1791 » Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code († 1872)
• 1812 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer († 1883)
• 1812 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician († 1886)
• 1820 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1903)
• 1822 » Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States († 1885)

• 1656 » Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1596)
• 1694 » John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
• 1695 » John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640)
• 1702 » Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651)
• 1782 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)
• 1813 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)

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 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 April 27, 1766 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: regen donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.