About the day » Wednesday October 26, 1768Calender converter

• Amse, Uitwierde, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Hulskotte, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland
• Antonie Gerritsz RIJNDERHOFF, Enkhuizen
• Adriana Alblas, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Alblas, Sliedrecht
• Anna Maria Junferman, Zoeterwoude, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1815)
• Charlotte Williams, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts († 1841)
• Anna Maria de Rijck (Riek), Heijen († 1769)
• Anna Maria Caspersdr. Jonferman - Juffermans, Zoeterwoude († 1815)
• Cornelia Stevens, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1838)

• jean baptiste BONNIN (31), st.aubin le cloud (79)
• Joannes Bernardus Borgmann (0), Düneburg, Haren
• Anton Heinrich Friedrich von Stadion (77), Warthausen
• Frans BEDET (17)
• Egidius SYEN (79), Tongerlo, 2260, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Doe Cornelisz Verkade (5), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Jan Boudaen Courten (33), Nieuw Maarsseveen
• Jean Liévin DELALEUX (11), Neuville Bourjonval, 62, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
• Jannetje Heeren of Hero (62), Zaandijk
• Agnes de Leeuw (14), Boxtel

• 1747 » Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer († 1804)
• 1757 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1823)
• 1759 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice († 1794)
• 1768 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician († 1844)
• 1794 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour († 1881)
• 1795 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist († 1872)
• 1797 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano († 1865)
• 1799 » Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress († 1883)
• 1800 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal († 1891)
• 1802 » Miguel I of Portugal († 1866)

• 1675 » William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
• 1686 » John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)
• 1717 » Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
• 1751 » Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
• 1764 » William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
• 1773 » Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
• 1803 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
• 1806 » John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)

• 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.
• 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 26, 1768 was about 9.0 °C. There was 92 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.