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• Adriana de Vugt, Meer (Meir), Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, Belgie († 1837)
• Dirk Meese van der Raad, Noordwijk
• Anna Margaretha Blömer († 1769)
• Dirk Meesz van der Raad, Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland († 1832)
• Anne Marie LITZLER, Oberdorf (68960, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1833)
• Dametilla STEVERLYNCK, Oekene, 36013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique1759 († 1770)
• Arthur II Guinness, Beaumont House, Dublin († 1855)
• Anna Catharina Van Hoeymissen, Malderen
• Anna Catharina Bervoets, Paal
• Benjamin Hendriksz Sterkman, Barendrecht († 1829)

• Nikolaus Leopold (7), unbekannt
• Heimen Bouwmeester (0), Vaassen
• Lijsabeth (Elizabeth) Gerrits (5th GGM) (72), Groningen, Bij Kijk in 't Jatbooge, The Dutch Republic
• Lijsbet Gerrits (72), Groningen
• Agnes Schouwenburg (83), Silva
• naamloos Delbaere (0), Oostnieuwkerke
• Jost Friedrich Hahn (58), Hilchenbach-Müsen, Germany
• Anna Maurer (70), Schaffhausen, Zwitserland
• Lena Cornelisdr KRAAK (32), Mijnsheerenland
• Machtelda Lepeltak (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1735 » François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat († 1821)
• 1753 » Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian († 1827)
• 1766 » Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian († 1815)
• 1781 » Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden († 1826)
• 1784 » William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster († 1856)
• 1795 » George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician († 1858)
• 1795 » William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto († 1861)
• 1806 » Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States († 1863)
• 1807 » James Abbott, Indian Army officer († 1896)
• 1815 » Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician († 1896)

• 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
• 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)

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)
• June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
• 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 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on March 12, 1768 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog.