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• Catharina Margaretha van Zyl, Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
• Arent Gerrits Witteveen, Wilp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Apolonia Simonse van Duren, Oud-Vossemeer († 1810)
• Aplonia van Duuren, Oud Vossemeer († 1813)
• Anne Elisabeth Moulen, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1848)
• Anna Catherina Segers, Boechout, Antwerpen, België († 1842)
• Aaltje Tebberman, De Wijk († 1827)
• Antonia Adriaan Simon Vosters, Reusel
• Anna Catharina Smet, Temse
• Aaltje Hermanus Tebberman, De Wijk, Nederland († 1827)

• Catharina Margaretha van Zyl (0), Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Claude Blaise Mougenot (0), Miellin, 70345, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
• ADRIANUS GODDENS (66), TIELT SINT-MARTINUS
• Joseph Leautaud (69), ( Villar d'Abas ) Uvernet-Fours
• Leendert Ariens VAN DER HORST, Rijswijk
• Jan Corneliszn Lekkerkerker (79), Benschop
• Isabella Maria Beusechum_van der Linden (42), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Bethia Adams (67), Weymouth,Norfolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Schevers (14)
• Hendrina Elisabeth VERDONK (0), Rotterdam

• 1734 » Naungdawgyi, Burmese king († 1763)
• 1737 » Anton Losenko, Russian painter and academic († 1773)
• 1740 » Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer († 1802)
• 1744 » Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour († 1754)
• 1755 » Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire († 1773)
• 1782 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico († 1831)
• 1805 » Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic († 1875)
• 1809 » John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer († 1851)
• 1810 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy († 1861)
• 1814 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé († 1890)

• 1660 » Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (b. 1649)
• 1723 » Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician, French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1656)
• 1759 » Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
• 1784 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (b. 1713)
• 1796 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (b. 1759)
• 1802 » Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1724)
• 1806 » Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1737)
• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)

• 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 August 10, 1769 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.