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• Anna Soorbeek, Haarlem
• Anna Coleta De Sutter, Nieuwkerken-Waas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 1836)
• Arnold van Citters, Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland († 1851)
• Adrianus van Immerzeel, Weipoort, Zoeterwoude, South Holland, The Netherlands († 1817)
• Albertie Gerbrands, Oldetrijne, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Caroline Amalia van Brunswijk-Wolfenbuttel, Brunswick, 38100, Duitsland († 1821)
• Caroline Amalia Elisabeth van Brunswijk, Brunswijk,D († 1821)
• Anna Maria Velthooven van, Heeze († 1817)
• Abraham Aron PRINS, Alkmaar,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1850)
• Antonius du Pont, Bergeijk

• Elizabeth Wood (82), Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Clara Sophia Elisabeth (Clara) OVERHOFF (38), Iserlohn (D)
• Joanna DE CLEENE (83), Laarne,9270,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Elisabeth Hoevelaken (62), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Alderts Telleman, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Henricus Alpaerts (0), Lier, Antwerpen, België
• Christian Hirschi (82)
• Cornelis Kraan, Utrecht
• Elisabeth Hoeflaken (62), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth van HOEVELAKEN (59), Klaaswaal, Cromstrijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1718 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1778)
• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)
• 1821 » Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist († 1897)

• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)

• 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.
• April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• 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 May 17, 1768 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.