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• Anna Catharina Stijfs, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands († 1812)
• Anna Catharina Van Roosbroeck, Putte († 1846)
• Anthonius Peters, Eijmeren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1827)
• Anna Elisabeth Dieterich, Holzburg, Hessen, Duitsland
• de Bleser, Merchtem († 1766)
• Anna Maria van den Brekel, Oisterwijk
• Anne Marie DEBRAS, LORCE (Lorcé), Liège, Belgique
• Dirk Janszn Bronsgeest, Spaarnwoude, NHO, Nederland († 1814)
• Antonius Slagmaat, Schalkwijk
• Anna Wagner, Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

• Joanna Joachim Stadhouders (45), Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelis Gijsberts Vergeer (64), Haastrecht
• Anna Maria Hendickx Hopman (13), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Gertrud Croonen (74), Asperden, Goch, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Franciscus Rakelboom (0), Brugge
• Joanna Stadhouders (45), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthony Pieterse Bellaerts (38), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Joa (Joanna) Stadthouders (45), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Anna Maria hendricks Hopman (13), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Giovanni Gelati (4), San Matteo delle Chiaviche di Viadana (MN)

• 1689 » Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher († 1761)
• 1711 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician († 1761)
• 1719 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat († 1791)
• 1743 » Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France († 1793)
• 1777 » Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies († 1830)
• 1815 » Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer († 1893)
• 1819 » Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1894)
• 1830 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist († 1895)
• 1835 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football († 1880)
• 1843 » C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian († 1921)

• 1646 » Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
• 1654 » Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
• 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
• 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
• 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
• 1753 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
• 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)

• 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.
• 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.
• December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

The temperature on August 19, 1766 was about 18.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen donker.