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• Catharina Jacques, Beernem († 1819)
• Arie (Aart) van Duist, Amersfoort († 1821)
• Cornelia Willems Heemskerk-RK, Sassenheim
• Anne Marie JELLE, Sierentz, 68, Haut Rhin, France († 1813)
• Catharina Alida Hoogeboom, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Berentje Koenraads HOPMAN, Zwartsluis
• Dirk ten Kate, .Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1815)
• Cornelis Visser, Maassluis
• Catharina Tielen, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Willemsdr Heemskerk, Sassenheim († 1773)

• Gaspar Gaens, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Luyckx (88), Tessenderlo
• jacques SAUVAGE (74), Frameries (Belgium) Hainaut
• Guillielmus Stragier (69), Staden,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Helena Fromme (Vroom, From) (77)
• Leonardus Pluijs, Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Koster, Lisse
• Joshua Anderson (49), Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States
• Leonardus Pluijs, Meerssen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Joannes Geerinckx (65), Geel

• 1712 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist († 1780)
• 1714 » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer († 1788)
• 1726 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1799)
• 1746 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer († 1802)
• 1748 » William V, Prince of Orange († 1806)
• 1761 » Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author († 1815)
• 1799 » Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Secretary of War († 1889)
• 1804 » Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician († 1887)
• 1822 » Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp († 1882)
• 1826 » Johann Köler, Estonian painter and academic († 1899)

• 1702 » William III of England (b. 1650)
• 1717 » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
• 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1731 » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)
• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)

• 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 8, 1769 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog.