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• Bartholomeus Verscheuren, De Klinge
• Felicia Maria van Flahaut de La Billarderie († 1829)
• Christiaan Borgdorff, Lahstedt, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1827)
• Geert Eetes Boersma, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1767)
• Elizabeth Zegwaert, Voorschoten
• Christiaan Borgdorf, Lahstedt, Duitsland († 1827)
• Conrad Schilling, Bockenheim
• Claes Alberts Klappe, Schokland († 1817)
• Bernardus Hebink, Beek (gem. Bergh), Gelderland, Nederland († 1790)
• Antonia Schoenmakers, Teteringen, Nederland

• Anna Lüß (Lüssen) (37), Hove, Hannover, Prussia
• Eléonor Poisson (92), Gennevilliers, Francia
• Jan Stoltmann (58)
• Joannes Panen (40), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joannes Wijmeersch (71), Westdorpe, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Anna Van IJSSELMONDE
• Aegje Mostert (77), Maasland
• Antonius VAN LOO (2), Bredene, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Helena Claasen Majoor, Laren N.H
• Antonio de Miranda e Silva (49), Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1698 » William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire († 1755)
• 1711 » Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty († 1779)
• 1750 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral († 1810)
• 1758 » Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician († 1820)
• 1767 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor († 1835)
• 1774 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist († 1845)
• 1783 » Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure († 1858)
• 1791 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer († 1824)
• 1792 » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand († 1842)
• 1820 » Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic († 1891)

• 1716 » Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
• 1764 » Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
• 1800 » William Billings, American composer and educator (b. 1746)
• 1802 » Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)

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

The temperature on September 26, 1766 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.