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• Aaltje de Pater, Zevender
• Alida Heijmans, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Cornelia van den Donker, Rotterdam († 1796)
• Arent te Braake, Lintelo († 1839)
• Aaltje Hayes Robijn, Lollum, Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Toorneman, Deventer
• Arent Te Brake, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1839)
• Anna Maria "Mary" Born, Manchester, Baltimore Co., MD
• Aafje Boele, Wassenaar († 1769)
• Aart Saarloos, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Martijntje Teunisdr. van Wieringen (76), Rijpwetering, ZH, Nederland
• Brigitta CLAERBOUT (59), Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Belgique
• Johann Jürgen Küche, Westereiden, Soest, NRW, Deutschland
• Marijntje Teunisdr. van Wieringen (76)
• Gerardus Slootmans
• Maarten Jansz van 't Veer
• Leonardus van STEIJN, Haarlemmerliede,Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joseph Abraham Wijnschenk (40), Amsterdam
• Elisabeth DIDION (28), Senones, Lorraine, France
• Jannitje de Wilde (1), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1762 » Samuel Morey, American engineer († 1843)
• 1766 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general († 1847)
• 1790 » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator († 1860)
• 1796 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician († 1857)
• 1801 » Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor († 1851)
• 1805 » John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian († 1886)
• 1813 » Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer († 1848)
• 1815 » João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician († 1889)
• 1817 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author († 1875)
• 1822 » Gustav Spörer, German astronomer († 1895)

• 1688 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
• 1730 » Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
• 1764 » Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
• 1774 » Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)

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)
• May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• 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 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on October 23, 1768 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: betrokken helder.