About the day » Wednesday May 20, 1767Calender converter

• Cornelia Arijsd. Verwol, Vlaardingen († 1827)
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Willemsen, Huissen († 1853)
• Anna Maria Bosch, Simpelveld,, Limburg, Nederland († 1811)
• Cornelis van Alphen, Utrecht
• Cornelis van Wijk (Wijck)
• Anna Catharina Soete, Moorslede († 1806)
• Catharina Klaasse Zwaneveld, Monster (ZH district VIII) NL
• Arnoldus Huijbers, Griethausen, Duitsland
• Albert Lamberts Klokke, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1824)
• Cornelius van der Goes, Schiedam

• Adriana Pieters (Ariaantje) Reijerkerk (43), Nieuwpoort
• Johann Albert Daniel von Braumann (76), Bonn,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Gese Hendriks Bovenste JAKOBS (21), Veldhausen,, DUITSLAND
• Andre Joseph Sourij, Sivry (B)
• Johan GRAAFLAND (69), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Johann Hinrich Culmann (51), Nordhausen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Giertje van Zijl (79), Amsterdam
• Geertrui Willems (52), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johannes den Ouden
• Job Joppen Taal (27), Scheveningen

• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)

• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Joannes
4. Johannes
5. Hendrik
6. Pieter
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Grietje
10. Trijntje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Jannetje
15. Aaltje
16. Elizabeth

• 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 May 20, 1767 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.