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• Anna Oosterveen, Delft († 1841)
• Adriaan David de Cornets De Groot, -Bergen op Zoom († 1827)
• "Ernst" Idel Jobst Viktor Friedrich August Wilhelm von Vincke, Gut Ostenwalde, Melle, Allemagne († 1845)
• Gertruda Cuppen, Wijchen († 1842)
• Anna Helena Zumvenne, Wesuwe, Haren († 1768)
• francoise pitre, anais,charente,france
• Anna Oosterveen, Delft († 1841)
• Hendricus van Dijk, Schalkwijk († 1829)
• Anna Maria van der Poel, Mook († 1771)
• Gertrudis Kuppen, Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1842)

• Joan Rudolph Stubbe (0), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Cornelis Boots, Wogmeer
• Adrianus Ditvorts (0), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gisbertus Ghijsens (78), Veulen, Heers, Limburg, België
• GERRIT EVERTS OP 't HOF (57), Beekbergen
• Gerrit (57), Beekbergen
• Catrina Margreta Eisberg (71), Quellhorst, Warmsen, Nedersaksen, Duitsland
• Anna Eva Wüstenhöfer (48), Nenderoth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Cornelia Huurman (0), Moordrecht
• Isabella Rosa Gernaey, Tielt

• 1692 » John Byrom, English poet and educator († 1763)
• 1724 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer († 1822)
• 1736 » Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founded the Shakers († 1784)
• 1792 » Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer († 1868)
• 1812 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (d. February 29, 1880)
• 1828 » Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet, and activist († 1921)
• 1836 » Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager († 1908)
• 1852 » Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia († 1936)
• 1860 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company († 1929)
• 1876 » William Stewart, Scottish footballer

• 1740 » Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
• 1744 » John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1683)
• 1792 » Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (b. 1728)
• 1820 » Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (b. 1743)
• 1848 » Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)
• 1852 » Matsudaira Katataka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)
• 1868 » Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
• 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
• 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)

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)
• April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• 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.

The temperature on February 29, 1768 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.