About the day » Sunday July 24, 1768Calender converter

• Adriaantje Noordzij, Charlois-Rotterdam († 1846)
• "Joanna" Anna Maria Anna Maria, Groesbeek († 1836)
• Anna KRUIJTHOF, Charlois
• Adriana Kroon, Barendregt, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Rooij, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Aaltjen Kleinentjaank, Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Nieuwen-Tjaank, Laren (Gld.)
• Annetje Elkerbout, Leiden († 1847)
• Anna Catharina Capellmann, Morsbach (Würselen-D)
• Aaltjen Attes Meijer, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1822)

• Marie Jeanne POTIER (68), Floringhem,62550,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Joanna Catharina Van Kerkhoven (25), Nattenhaasdonk, Hingene, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriana de Sout (38)
• Margareta Brouwer (39), Nordstrand
• Adriana Willems SMITS (1)
• Adriana de Sout (38)
• Hendricus Gerrits Grondman (0), Lemele
• Jean, Baptiste DIEU (41), Paturages, 7340, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Berend Venderbos, Suderwick, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Janke Poppes (46), Sappemeer

• 1725 » John Newton, English sailor and priest († 1807)
• 1757 » Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter († 1825)
• 1783 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela († 1830)
• 1786 » Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer († 1843)
• 1794 » Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish mineralogist and geologist († 1865)
• 1802 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright († 1870)
• 1803 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic († 1856)
• 1803 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect († 1892)
• 1821 » William Poole, American boxer and gangster († 1855)
• 1826 » Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish theorist and activist († 1902)

• 1594 » John Boste, English martyr and saint (b. 1544)
• 1601 » Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter (b. 1542)
• 1612 » John Salusbury, Welsh politician and poet (b. 1567)
• 1739 » Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
• 1768 » Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (b. 1684)
• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)

• 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)
• 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.
• 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 July 24, 1768 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.