About the day » Friday March 17, 1769Calender converter

• Cornelis Jansz Colijn, Noordwijk († 1799)
• Arent Eijkelkamp, Lochem
• Adriana Mollenberg, Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1846)
• Anna Gertruda Luyten, Mol, België
• Archibald HAMILTON, St James Square, Westminster, Middlesex († 1827)
• Amalia Catharina Elisabeth Kespohl, Oerlinghausen, Lippe, Westfalen
• Catharina Jacobs, Amsterdam (Oude Kerk)
• Charles Hooreman, Ronse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1819)
• Antonius Broekhoven, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hertoghs, Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België

• Jannetje Lubberts, Harderwijk
• Jacomina den Braber (27), St. Philipsland
• Charlotte van Mailly Nesle (80), Poissy, Yvelines, Frankrijk
• Jacob Arentsz van der Veen (57), Meppel
• Antonia Cornelia Eversdijk (52)
• Jannetje Lubberts, Harderwijk
• Aldegundis van Mierlo (0), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• August Ferdinand Graaf van Burghauss Heer van Mühlatschüt (42)
• Charlotte van Mailly-Nesle (81)
• Arie van Zanten (1), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1725 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician († 1806)
• 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
• 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
• 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
• 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
• 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
• 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)
• 1820 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author († 1897)
• 1834 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft († 1900)
• 1839 » Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer († 1901)

• 1704 » Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)
• 1715 » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
• 1741 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
• 1764 » George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
• 1782 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)

• 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)
• July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
• July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
• December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
• December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

The temperature on March 17, 1769 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.