About the day » Saturday September 17, 1768Calender converter

• Evert, Everhardus Versteeg, Maarssen
• Everhardus Versteeg, Maarssen
• Anna Maria Gesina - Anna Maria Haskenhermes, Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1846)
• Albertus Hol, Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Everhardus Ariensz. Versteeg, Maarsen
• Gerardus Smid, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aren Vroeg in de Weij, ,, Middelharnis, Nederland († 1806)
• Anna Barbara ROBORGH, Sint Pieter,Gemeente Maastricht,LIMBURG,NEDERLAND
• Catharina Sudmulder(S)(Z)oetmulder, Schiedam († 1808)
• Cornelius van Uden, Alphen

• Jacob Jacobse (de oude) Verhage (77)
• Arie Meeuwisse REIJERKERK (61), Puttershoek
• Maria Peeters (63), Geel
• Adriana Jan Huybrechts (44), Meer
• Cathar. Barbara Zwecker (55), Spöck, Baden, Germany
• Louis Balard (53), Ile-Dupas (Québec, Canada)
• Jan Oseu
• Boudewijn Cornelisz de Waard (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Henricus van Nune (32)
• Jacob Jacobsz Verhage (77)

• 1730 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general († 1794)
• 1739 » John Rutledge, American judge and politician, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States († 1800)
• 1743 » Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and political scientist († 1794)
• 1771 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author († 1816)
• 1773 » Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer († 1849)
• 1783 » Nadezhda Durova, Russian soldier († 1866)
• 1797 » Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist († 1821)
• 1817 » Herman Adolfovich Trautscohold, German geologist and paleontologist († 1902)
• 1819 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic († 1901)
• 1820 » Émile Augier, French playwright († 1889)

• 1679 » John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general and politician, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (b. 1629)
• 1721 » Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1645)
• 1762 » Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)
• 1771 » Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1721)
• 1803 » Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer and director (b. 1766)
• 1808 » Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (b. 1755)
• 1817 » Jacques Bernard d'Anselme, French general (b. 1740)
• 1836 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
• 1852 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President (1841) (b. 1797)
• 1858 » Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)

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.
• 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 17, 1768 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog.