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• Anna van Wanraaij, Arnhem († 1862)
• Catrina Kats (Cats, Kas, Cas), Hilversum, Nederland († 1852)
• Ariaantje Ariensdr Monna, Naaldwijk († 1831)
• Catharina van Harmelen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1848)
• Cornelia van Doorn, Jutphaas
• Caleb Dorsey, Queen Caroline Parish, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1798)
• Antje Outjers Schoof, Schellinkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1803)
• Franciscus BAILLIU, Brugge Belgie
• Arijaantje Eijkelenboom, Brandwijk
• Dimphena CORSTEN, Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1839)

• Arnhard Hilgenberg (0), Kirchberg, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany
• Ary Gijsbertsze van Zevenhoven (78), Zegveld
• Hendrik TRIP (0), Stavoren, Friesland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Maes (50), Temse
• Egidius Slootmans (73), Steenbergen (NL)
• Jeanne Joseph De La Haut (46), Havinnes, 7531, Belgie
• Dijmpna Cortste (9), Oudenbosch
• Godefridus Ackermans (26), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Helena Jacoba Mestdagh (1), Hooglede West-Vlaanderen België
• Schrauwen Henricus Joannes, Meerle, Antwerpen, België

• 1722 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer († 1793)
• 1724 » Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia († 1790)
• 1748 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author († 1836)
• 1777 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1792 » John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English soldier and politician, Lord Privy Seal († 1840)
• 1794 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer († 1847)
• 1796 » George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts († 1861)
• 1799 » Henri Druey, Swiss lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1855)
• 1801 » Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor († 1843)
• 1816 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria († 1903)

• 1684 » Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
• 1687 » Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)
• 1704 » Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
• 1748 » William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
• 1782 » Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
• 1788 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
• 1795 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
• 1814 » Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
• 1817 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)

• 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.
• 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.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on April 12, 1768 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: droog.