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• Aaltje Noppen, Woerden
• Antonie Pietersz. Bergshoef, Woerden Nederland († 1819)
• Anthony Siereveld (Suurveld)
• Ann Morning Ryan, St James Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States
• Albert Reinders, Groningen, "Martini-kerk", Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sonnen, Duisburg, Mündelheim, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Anthony Dean, Brierley Hill, Stafford, England († 1814)
• Aagje Schorteldoek, Papendrecht
• Aaldrik Hajer, Nw.Beerta († 1845)
• Aafje Hermons Hooijveld, Andijk, North Holland, Netherlands († 1833)

• Johannes Petrusz van Schendel (56), Terheijden
• Jelle Eelkes (0), Oenkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Gielen (82), Ophoven, Limburg, 3640, België
• Joannes Baptist VAN VRACEM (82), Hingene,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Amshoff (73)
• Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Daniël De Blocq Van Scheltinga (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Johann Nikolaus Kaiser (0), Kaisersesch, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• James Draper III (77), Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Jelle Eelkes van der Meer (0), Wijns

• 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
• 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
• 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
• 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
• 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
• 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
• 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)

• 1617 » Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
• 1622 » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
• 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)

• 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.
• 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 24, 1768 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.