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• Carolus Tanghe, Westkerke († 1803)
• Claasje Schoorl (Schorel), Heemskerk († 1839)
• Aafje Cornelisdr Rood, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiana Charlotta Groß († 1833)
• Anje Hofmeester, Nieuweschans (gem. Oldambt)
• Adriana Boogaerts, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Gerritsdochter de Groot, Heukelum († 1824)
• Ann Wilson, South Carolina († 1805)
• Anne Philippine Joseph Poulain, Bugnicourt
• Aafje ROOD, Krommenie, 4672, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1838)

• Cornelis Noord (69), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Bolet (44), Westkerke
• Frans Binnendijk, 's-Gravenzande
• Elisabeth Maunet
• Filip Sougé (52), Den Helder
• Bernarde GARROT (80), Ger (64)
• Frans Jansz Binnendijk (78), 's-Gravenzande
• Geesken Bouwhuijs, Almen
• Gerardus (Gerrit) Everts van Zevenhuizen (70), Amersfoort
• Gasparus Van den Berghe (99), Haaltert (Akte 266 pagina 268 van GAD 285)

• 1686 » Hans Egede, Norwegian missionary and explorer († 1758)
• 1752 » Gouverneur Morris, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France († 1816)
• 1759 » François Devienne, French flute player and composer († 1803)
• 1769 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute († 1823)
• 1785 » Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová, Czech cook book author († 1845)
• 1797 » Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer († 1828)
• 1799 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist († 1846)
• 1820 » William B. Washburn, American politician, 28th Governor of Massachusetts († 1887)
• 1835 » Lunalilo of Hawaii († 1874)
• 1854 » David Emmanuel, Romanian mathematician and academic († 1941)

• 1720 » Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1654)
• 1729 » Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
• 1736 » Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect and set designer, designed the Basilica of Superga (b. 1678)
• 1790 » Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718)
• 1794 » Mariot Arbuthnot, English admiral and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1711)
• 1811 » Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (b. 1763)
• 1815 » José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)
• 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
• 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)

• 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)
• April 7 » End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67).
• June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
• July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
• July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
• August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
• October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.

The temperature on January 31, 1767 was about 6.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: donker regen.