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• Cornelis Buijs, Amersfoort
• Egidius Franciscus De Clijnse, Diest, Brabant, België
• Charlotta Luisa Krumdeutsch, Schaberau, Wehlau, Königsberg, Ostpreussen († 1851)
• Corneille André Cantier-Certon, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1844)
• Adriana Petri Gloudemans, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Apollonia Adamsdr. Havig, Voorschoten
• Catharine Schaako
• Corneile André CANTIER CERTON, Maastricht, 2919, Limburg, Nederland († 1844)
• Clasina Ruijgrok, Den Haag
• Adrianus Oomen of Oomis, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Denis Hamers (1), Tilburg
• Anne Fouet (64), Chaunay, 86068, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
• Andreas Berrens, Orsmaal-Gussenhoven
• Barent Barend Stokman Stoepman Stoeckman Stoockman Stuikman Stoekman (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Moeijenkind (0), Ter Aar
• Jan Oebeles Huisma (88), Buweklooster, Harkema, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Verschueren (48)
• Jan Ubles (88), Buweklooster, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen Friesland, Nederland
• Anna PERSOON (48), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Thomas Smits (75), Aarle-Rixtel

• 1733 » Hubert Robert, French painter († 1808)
• 1752 » Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician († 1797)
• 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
• 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer († 1833)
• 1782 » Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer († 1856)
• 1783 » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor († 1850)
• 1808 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator († 1855)
• 1811 » Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano († 1869)
• 1811 » Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician († 1864)

• 1666 » Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
• 1667 » Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)

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 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 May 22, 1766 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.