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• Anna Elizabeth Johan, Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1853)
• Abraham Foote, Of Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 1777)
• Adrianus Godtschalck, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1854)
• Dieuwke Lolkes, Wergea (IDA), Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1823)
• Anne Marie ENDERLIN, Durlinsdorf (68480, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1828)
• Christina Johanna Anthonij Senn van Basel, Rotterdam
• Anna Barbara Van den Kerckhof, Geel, België
• Anna Catharina Poortmans, Oevel, 2260, België († 1818)
• Adrianus Jacobus Godschalck Godtsschalck, Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1854)
• Aaltje Goossens Lochum van, Laren

• Beene Willems van den Berg, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gerrit Hampen, 's-Gravenhaghe
• Blandina CASTELEYN (2), Brugge
• Jan Douwes (64), Kooten
• Beene Willemsen (57), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Beene Willems, Nunspeet
• Beene Willems (57)
• Gerhardus Hampen (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz Beukelman (63), Abbenbroek, zh.nld
• Engeltje (II) Punt (0), Obdam

• 1716 » Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor († 1798)
• 1722 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general († 1799)
• 1725 » Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author († 1815)
• 1745 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal († 1813)
• 1777 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier († 1836)
• 1782 » Daoguang Emperor of China († 1850)
• 1823 » Francis Parkman, American historian and author († 1893)
• 1823 » Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist († 1895)
• 1827 » Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist († 1908)
• 1828 » Per Pålsson, Swedish murderer († 1914)

• 1672 » Anne Bradstreet, English poet (b. 1612)
• 1701 » James II of England (b. 1633)
• 1736 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)
• 1792 » Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
• 1803 » Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)
• 1819 » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 » Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)

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 September 16, 1766 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: mottig omtrent helder.