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• Isabella Timmerman, Varsenare, België († 1843)
• Cornelis Stolwijck, Vleuten Utr († 1828)
• Catharina LOIJEN, Rosmeer, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België († 1848)
• Antoine Francois Jseph ROUSSEL, Verlinghem, 59611, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1821)
• Helena Cruchten van, 't Reutje bij Sint Odiliënberg († 1835)
• Gerardus Henricus Josephus Vlecken, Luik (B.) († 1842)
• Helena van Cruchten, Sint Odiliënberg († 1835)
• Hermanus Willemsz (2) van den Bos, Haarlem
• Annba Elisabeth Leysen, Peer, Limburg, BelgiÁe († 1802)
• Friedrich Kromer, Eichstetten, Baden, Preußen

• Albert Besselink (0), Almen
• Johanna Andreas van Arendonck (62), Ulicoten
• Henrica van Besouw (49), Goirle
• Anna Jans Theunissen, Mill (N.Br.)
• Bouwe Lammerts (0), Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
• Françoise BESLAY (50), Évran, 22630, France
• Cornelius Monseur (72), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Joppe Stam (34), Sliedrecht
• Joanna Jansse van der Sande (69), Boxtel
• Andreas Reyniers (75), Boom

• 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
• 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
• 1818 » Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer († 1882)
• 1830 » Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet († 1877)
• 1846 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator († 1900)

• 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)

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)
• February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
• 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.

The temperature on May 25, 1768 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.