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• Cornelia Sijmonsdr. (Keetje) Romeijn, Kethel, Nederland († 1841)
• Cornelius Sijmense van Ilen, Poeldijk
• Anna-Chatharina Uyttenhove, Ardooie,8850,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België († 1842)
• Adriana van Keulen, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1833)
• Ann Todd, Glentham, Lincolnshire, England († 1829)
• Andreas Cools, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Cornelis van Nielen, Monster
• Carolus Benedictus Neckebroek, Bavegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1822)
• Adrianus Gubbels, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrian van der Hoop, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1803)

• Jacob Lubbertsen Brummel (57)
• Antonius BOES, Wellen,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
• Ebenezer Foote (2), Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Jean PRAUD (65), Commequiers, 85220, France
• Aert Janssen van ROUWENDAL (68), Nijkerk
• Amelberga Vercauteren (0), Nieuwkerken-Waas
• Marie Anne BERGER (58), Habsheim, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Augustine Josephe Cauvet (0), Troisvilles (F)
• Franciscus Poels (46), Kasterlee
• Marie Barbe Chouinard (52), St. Jean, Port Joli, L'Islet, Quebec

• 1727 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist († 1817)
• 1740 » Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver († 1813)
• 1761 » Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general († 1804)
• 1774 » Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer († 1830)
• 1786 » Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess († 1859)
• 1802 » Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher († 1866)
• 1804 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist († 1885)
• 1812 » Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1821 » Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar († 1865)
• 1822 » Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician († 1911)

• 1645 » Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585)
• 1710 » Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1686)
• 1754 » Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)

1. Jan
2. Pieter
3. Cornelis
4. Joannes
5. Johannes
6. Hendrik
7. Willem
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
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. Trijntje
8. Elisabeth
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Antje
12. Adriana
13. Elizabeth
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
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)
• February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
• April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
• December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on February 16, 1768 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.