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• Anna Maria Notten, Geulle,, Limburg, Nederland († 1824)
• Catharina Elisabeth Winckelmolen, Grathem († 1831)
• Cornelia Overgaag, Den Haag
• (2) Trijntje Fransdr Hagen, Benningbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1829)
• Antonia (Teuna) in 't Veld, 's-Gravendeel († 1829)
• Catharina Maria Meyer zu Oesede, Oesede, Fürstbistum Osnabrück († 1828)
• Aaltje Stoffers Schonewille, Hoogeveen († 1844)
• Arij van GRIEKEN, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1848)
• Charles Lovelace, Richmond Co, VA († 1815)
• Arnoldus Verhage, Breugel, Noord-Brabant, NL

• Jedediah Brigham (1)
• Diebold(3) Bickhart (41), Altenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Maria Catharina Hulsman (0), Doesburg
• João Rodrigues Xavier Prates (75), Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Isabel Cloosterman (74), Leke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Ann Willson (0), Great Meadows, Warren, New Jersey, United States
• Jan de Ruijter (0), Linschoten
• Carolis(Charles) Livinus d'Hollander (46), Gent (België)
• Anna UITTERHAEGEN (52), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Johannes Pieterse Colijn (30), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1695 » Pietro Locatelli, Italian viola player and composer († 1764)
• 1704 » Joseph de Jussieu, French explorer, geographer, and mathematician, († 1779)
• 1710 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss biologist and zoologist († 1784)
• 1724 » Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada († 1808)
• 1781 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician († 1824)
• 1803 » Prudence Crandall, American educator († 1890)
• 1810 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter († 1871)
• 1811 » John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community († 1886)
• 1814 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic († 1897)
• 1820 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician († 1891)

• 1653 » Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (b. 1588)
• 1658 » Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (b. 1599)
• 1720 » Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and diplomat (b. 1648)
• 1729 » Jean Hardouin, French historian and scholar (b. 1646)
• 1766 » Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1808 » John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1857 » John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
• 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)

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.
• 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 September 3, 1766 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.