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• Engelbertus GROOTE ZWAAFTINK, Raalte
• Dirkje Teunisdochter de JONG, Ens (Schokland), Noordoostpolder († 1847)
• Adriana Helena van der Hagen, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1819)
• Anna Elisabetha Vranckx, Vorst († 1810)
• Arnoldus Franciscus Junck (Jünck), Stevensweert († 1781)
• Cornelis Lempson, Sirjansland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Dirkje Theunis de Jong, schokland († 1847)
• Alida de Wilde
• Anne Marie Lelievre, Kerkom
• Dirkje Theunisd de Jong, Ens =Zuid Schokland, fl.nld († 1847)

• Cornelis Bastiaans van der Wel, Charlois, Rotterdam
• Jan Reintsen van de Kolk (0), Nunspeet
• Johanna Maria Sangers (30), Middelaar
• Johann Hermann Heckmann (1), Tinnen BE 009
• Beertje Stevens (37), Barneveld
• Jan Reijntsen van de Kolk (0), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jakob Gelbach (0), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Catharina Wijnen, Ossendrecht
• Joost Hendricks Verhoef (72), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Vermegen, Leuth, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1704 » August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian († 1792)
• 1779 » Clement Clarke Moore, American author, poet, and educator († 1863)
• 1793 » Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, American educator, author, editor († 1884)
• 1796 » Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist († 1867)
• 1799 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama († 1882)
• 1800 » Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician († 1878)
• 1808 » Henry Edward Manning, English cardinal († 1892)
• 1812 » James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic († 1873)
• 1817 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge († 1898)
• 1827 » W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon († 1899)

• 1685 » James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Dutch-English general and politician, Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull (b. 1649)
• 1750 » Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1686)
• 1765 » Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
• 1767 » Michael Bruce, Scottish poet and composer (b. 1746)
• 1789 » Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1715)
• 1828 » Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
• 1839 » Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (b. 1802)
• 1844 » Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (b. 1772)
• 1851 » Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)
• 1857 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)

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. Trijntje
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Antje
12. Adriana
13. Elizabeth
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
16. Mary

• 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.
• May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• 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 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

The temperature on July 15, 1768 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.