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• Aartje, Lunteren
• Albert Bakker, Purmerland
• Aard Labots, Rozendaal (Gld), Nederland
• Aleidis Franken, Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1810)
• Aafke Harmens van der Brug, Drachten († 1843)
• Andries Kasper, Wilsum († 1837)
• Aafke Harmens van der Brug († 1822)
• Aaltje Jans, Veendam, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aardt Labots, Rozendaal
• Aart Hendriks, Beekbergen

• Franciscus Parmentier (67), Wevelgem
• Joseph Tucker (80), Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States of America
• Adrianus Van Bauwel (76), Halle
• Frederike Henriëtte van der Sahla (25), Schönfeld, Saksen
• Jan Klaasz Ham (48), Wijdenes
• Josina de Nering (30)
• Geertjen Goossens Wekenstroo (49), Vorden
• Cornelia Van Flama, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Guilielmus Verborgt (47), Oolen
• Bregtje Minnerts NICOLAIJ (32), Oudega, Smallingerland, Fryslân, Nederland

• 1733 » Hubert Robert, French painter († 1808)
• 1752 » Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician († 1797)
• 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
• 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer († 1833)
• 1782 » Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer († 1856)
• 1783 » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor († 1850)
• 1808 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator († 1855)
• 1811 » Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano († 1869)
• 1811 » Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician († 1864)

• 1667 » Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)

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.
• 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 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on May 22, 1768 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.