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• Arie Jansz van den Oever, Katwijk († 1826)
• Arij Jansz van den Oever, Katwijk aan Zee († 1826)
• Cornelia Bonifacius de BRUIJN, Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Dijmphna J Est van, Holderberge, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1810)
• 'Karel' Carolus Augustinus Christiaan Philippus TONINO, Waldeck, 34509, Hessen, Allemagne († 1838)
• Cornelis Jacobus Reijnders (Rijnaers), Vessem, Gemeente Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1838)
• Arie van den Oever, Katwijk († 1826)
• Carolus Philippus (Karel) Tonino, Waldeck (DLD) († 1838)
• Dingena (Dijmphana) van Est, Wouw, Nederland († 1810)
• Doetje Jelles de Jong, Wartena († 1833)

• Anna Elisabeth Jelgerhuis (30), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Jacobus Janse (Janszoon) de BRUIJN (76)
• Maria Walterus Cools (35), Rijsbergen
• Pierre Menard (74), Lévis, Quebec, Canada
• Franciscus Wilhelmus Bierens (3), Steensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Arys (51), Teralfene
• David Crawford (69), Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
• Moses Josua Lansberg‏, 's Gravenhage
• paul LEGRAND (32), Jemappes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Agnietje Cornelis Abe, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)

• 1701 » Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar († 1757)
• 1704 » Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans († 1752)
• 1719 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1767)
• 1721 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1803)
• 1755 » Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor († 1805)
• 1792 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright († 1822)
• 1805 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1865)
• 1821 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church († 1881)
• 1821 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton († 1892)
• 1834 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher († 1923)

• 1718 » René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
• 1727 » Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
• 1741 » Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
• 1778 » Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
• 1792 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
• 1795 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
• 1804 » Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)

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

The temperature on August 4, 1766 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder.