About the day » Thursday January 18, 1770Calender converter

• Cornelis Kouters, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelie Joseph DESPLECHIN, Tourcoing, 59 (F) († 1823)
• Abraham CORNET, Haarlem († 1770)
• Cornelia Dekkers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1845)
• Barbara Petri van Schijndel, Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana TOPS, Hooge en Lage Mierde, Reusel-De Mierden, Province of North Brabant, Netherl († 1818)
• Alexander Schmidt, Heiligenborn, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1789)
• Antonie van Vreeswijk, Utrecht († 1848)
• Ann Buckner, Caroline county, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1834)
• Anna Christina Nerings, Gennep, LB, Nederland († 1839)

• Dingeman Leenderts Lodder (59), Oude Tonge
• Dingeman Leendertsz Lodder (59), Oude Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Obijn (82), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jean Baptiste Lefebvre (3), Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
• Amelia Schel (66), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Dingeman Leenderts Lodder (60), Oude Tonge
• Annetje Hendriks (71), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Joseph Pierre RUBBENS (55), Haubourdin
• Helena Wilmes (64), Wesuwe, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Frans Joseph Albert Desmaisières (52)

• 1701 » Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist († 1785)
• 1743 » Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher († 1803)
• 1751 » Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer († 1831)
• 1752 » John Nash, English architect († 1835)
• 1764 » Samuel Whitbread, English politician († 1815)
• 1779 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian († 1869)
• 1782 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1793 » Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire († 1847)
• 1815 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar († 1874)
• 1835 » César Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic († 1918)

• 1677 » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
• 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
• 1783 » Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Jean
16. Johann

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Catharina
5. Cornelia
6. Elisabeth
7. Joanna
8. Marie
9. Trijntje
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Elizabeth
15. Adriana
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)
• April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
• April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
• July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
• July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on January 18, 1770 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: hagel sneeuw betrokken.