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• Agatha Sophia CASTELEYN, Klerken († 1815)
• "Emmanuel" Philippe Marie Colette de Kerchove d'Ousselghem, Gand, Belgique († 1854)
• Anna Christina Röhlehr, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1840)
• Aert de Bie, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1812)
• Agata Sophia Castelein, Klerken († 1815)
• Abraham Cornelisse Dourlein, Serooskerke, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland († 1846)
• Adélaïde de Vintimille du Luc, Paris, 75056, France († 1825)
• Altjen Roelfink, Hengelo
• Aarjen Fransz Hillegonds, Zijpe, Noord-Holland (NL) († 1773)
• Aleida Kassteins, Dinxperlo, Süderwick (Duitsland) († 1804)

• David Mossom (76), New Kent County, Virginia, British Colonial America
• Jan Gerrits Croese (60), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacqueline Van Der Woestijne (63), Huise
• Jean Georges Hubert Letellier d'Irville (61), Évreux, Eure, France
• Leuntje van ZWEDEN (4), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Dieuwertje Hendriks de Wijn (0), Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• Jean Jacques Joseph RUDENT (37), Fenain,59227,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Francisca Vandecasteele (86), Zwevezele
• Diewertje Jans (39), Ens, Schokland
• Benjamin Sullivan Mor (born Sullivan) (46), Knightsbridge, Middlesex, England

• 1710 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist († 1736)
• 1720 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer († 1774)
• 1785 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist († 1863)
• 1809 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille († 1852)
• 1813 » Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator († 1897)
• 1832 » George Tryon, English admiral († 1893)
• 1838 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer († 1883)
• 1839 » Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer († 1896)
• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)

• 1695 » François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
• 1752 » Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)
• 1761 » Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
• 1782 » Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)
• 1786 » Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
• 1821 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)
• 1825 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)

• 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 4, 1767 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken helder.