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• Arnoldus Joannes Gerritsen, Vorden († 1829)
• Grietje Koops Dol--, Veendam, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Maria Adrianus VERMELIS, Udenhout, 4289, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1837)
• Cornelia Hermans, Venlo, li.nld († 1848)
• Grietje Jans (Gritje) Wispelweij (Wispelwey, Wispelwei), Wijckel, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1844)
• Eugene François Wambeke, Ruiselede, Belgium († 1849)
• Grietje Jans Wispelweij, Balk, Friesland / Netherlands († 1844)
• Alidanus Joan Greven, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland NL († 1842)
• Charles Nadeau, St-Charles Bellechasse, Qc., Canada
• Cornelia Hermans, Venlo († 1848)

• Anna Maria van Tomputten (31), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Aert Ariensz. Fonkert, De Group
• Fijtje Hendriks, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Diemen (0), Westzaan
• Bernhard ROBBEN (80)
• Esther Straetmans, Mook
• Eimbert Siverinck, Groenlo(Lintveld)
• een kind Doorenbosch, Sloterdijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus SPRAUTEN (68), Vorsen, 3890, Limburg, Belgique
• Elizabeth Oakman (67)

• 1701 » Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter and educator († 1785)
• 1705 » Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French violinist and composer († 1770)
• 1715 » John Brown, English author and playwright († 1766)
• 1722 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician († 1798)
• 1739 » Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire († 1819)
• 1742 » Richard Cosway, English painter († 1821)
• 1789 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician († 1868)
• 1818 » Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1893)
• 1835 » Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher († 1902)
• 1846 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross († 1869)

• 1660 » Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)
• 1660 » Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
• 1701 » Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
• 1714 » Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)
• 1752 » Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)
• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)

• 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.
• 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 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

The temperature on November 5, 1768 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen donker.