About the day » Thursday March 17, 1768Calender converter

• Aaltje(n) van Dijk, Vorchten (Heeerde) († 1809)
• Anne Wybes de Haan, Lippenhuizen, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Luikaart, Kerkwerve, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1867)
• Ebel Alles (Ybel, Aebele) Wijk, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1831)
• Coenraad Johannes Plomp, Meliskerke († 1818)
• Ebel Alles van Wijk, Haulerwijk († 1831)
• Aaltje van Dijk, Heerde († 1809)
• Annetje Moen, Monnickendam
• Cecilia Pitgou, 8460 Westkerke (Oudenburg), West-Vlaanderen, België († 1768)
• Cornelius van Gemert, Mill

• Catherine RUTGERS (54)
• Albertine Dorothée de Kessel
• Anna Vize (Vizee Vise Visee visch vige) (55), Rotterdam
• Anna Vis (56), Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Laura Caterina Cicogna
• Anne WYBES (10), Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Fryslân, Nederland
• Lijntje Huijgen van der Wael (79), Ridderkerk
• Andries Ploeg (1), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Becker (0), Treis an der Lumda, Giessen, Hessen, Deutschland
• Laurent ( Tasson) TACHON-TASSON-TANCHON (63), Estrun,59295,Nord,Npdc, Frankrijk

• 1725 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician († 1806)
• 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
• 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
• 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
• 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
• 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
• 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)
• 1820 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author († 1897)
• 1834 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft († 1900)
• 1839 » Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer († 1901)

• 1704 » Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)
• 1715 » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
• 1741 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
• 1764 » George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
• 1782 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)

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. Trijntje
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Antje
12. Adriana
13. Elizabeth
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
16. Mary

• 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.
• 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 March 17, 1768 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken donker.