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• Cornelis Kooremans, Rotterdam († 1769)
• Catharina Lucas, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1856)
• Anna Beernink, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1848)
• Augustus Christiaan Göbel, Utrecht
• Joannes van de Leemput, Dinther
• Geertje Cornelis Haakman, Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1844)
• Edward Turner, Rowan, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1843)
• Jan Boers, Vledder († 1822)
• Arnoldus van Etten, Maasland († 1812)
• Joannes Bernardus Sesing, Anholt

• Maria van AKEN (69), Krefeld
• Elesha Basye (87), Filled, Northumberland, Virginia, United States
• Maria von Aaken (69), Krefeld, Deutschland
• Jacobus Toorn, Delfshaven
• Karl Franz Anton von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (73), Graz, Autriche
• Cornelia Paulusdr Capiteijn (81), ,, Berkenwoude, Netherlands
• Franz Karl Anton Graf von Wurmbrand (77)
• Baletta Elisabeth van Huls (57)
• Johann Georg Kashner (48), Windsor, Berks, Pennsylvania
• Baletta Elisabeth van Hulst (56)

• 1725 » Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer († 1792)
• 1736 » Hsinbyushin, Burmese king († 1776)
• 1739 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist († 1815)
• 1740 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic († 1817)
• 1768 » Benjamin Carr, English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher († 1831)
• 1797 » Samuel Joseph May, American activist († 1871)
• 1812 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist († 1878)
• 1812 » Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press († 1886)
• 1818 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun († 1903)
• 1818 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator († 1882)

• 1672 » Tanneguy Le Fèvre, French scholar and author (b. 1615)
• 1674 » Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (b. 1593)
• 1683 » Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)
• 1712 » Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1637)
• 1764 » Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1711)
• 1810 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740)
• 1814 » Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
• 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 September 12, 1768 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: mist donker.