About the day » Tuesday July 12, 1768Calender converter

• Hannah Lathrop, Tolland, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1817)
• Hendrik Thielens, Veerle, Laakdal, Antwerpen, België († 1826)
• Hendrina Zijthof, Delden, 7491, Nederland († 1838)
• Barnett Blankenship, Franklin, Virginia, United States († 1840)
• Evert Jans Dijkema, Oldehove († 1830)
• Hijndrina (Hendrine) ten Sijthof, Deldenerbroek († 1838)
• Cornelis Martinus van der Mee, Etten-Leur,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1838)
• Gijsbertus van Schaik, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas MOENS, Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1840)
• Hendrina Hendriks Smeermaes, Broekhuizenvorst, Limburg, Nederland

• Paulus Marynus Marijnissen (43), Meer
• Edward ROPER (48), Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, England
• Pierre Francois Coetsier (68), Ruyen
• Pauwels Jacobsz CRANENDONCK (75), Ridderkerk
• Doodgeboren kind Jossevel (0), Delft
• Georg van Hardenberg (11)
• Otto Georg Philips Vrijheer van Guttenberg (52), Kirchleus, Oberfranken, Beieren
• Petrus ENGELEN (80), Beesel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Tonko Harms, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Dirkje Jansdr. van der Doef (42), Zoeterwoude

• 1712 » Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay († 1779)
• 1730 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company († 1795)
• 1803 » Peter Chanel, French priest and saint († 1841)
• 1807 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer and academic († 1893)
• 1813 » Claude Bernard, French physiologist and academic († 1878)
• 1817 » Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska († 1899)
• 1817 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher († 1862)
• 1821 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic († 1889)
• 1824 » Eugène Boudin, French painter († 1898)
• 1828 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1889)

• 1682 » Jean Picard, French priest and astronomer (b. 1620)
• 1691 » Marquis de St Ruth, French general
• 1693 » John Ashby, English admiral (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician (b. 1626)
• 1742 » Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)
• 1749 » Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)
• 1773 » Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (b. 1697)
• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)

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

The temperature on July 12, 1768 was about 17.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen donker.