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• Anne Marie Lambrette - Lembrette, Olne († 1831)
• Aimée Marie Louise Rilliet († 1846)
• Antje Berends Bruinsma, St. Annaparochie († 1855)
• Catharina Salu, Berg
• Abigail Crosby, Winslow, Kennebec County, ME, United States († 1844)
• Anna De Boeck, Blaasveld
• Cornelius BROUWERS, Alphen, 3281, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
• Anna Catharina de Maat, Dullaert, Zeeland, Nederland († 1771)
• Christiaan Florian Guise, Langesaltz Saksen (D) († 1838)
• Anna Bijvoet, Geldrop

• Jane Waln (VA) Simcock (38), Virginia, United States
• Jean LEFÈVRE (70), Le Plessier-sur-Saint-Just, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France
• Joanna Jacobsdr Cock, Kruiningen
• Gottfried Richter (9), Richstein, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Beatrix Claas Bloemers Blommers (60), Oosthuizen
• Beatrix Claasdr. Bloemers
• Elisabeth Koenes, De Wilgen
• Hannah Metcalf (80), Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Jeanne MARGOTTEAU (41), (Le Mesnil-en-Vallée) Mauges-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Joanna Jacobsdr. Kok de (30), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1720 » Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan († 1750)
• 1741 » André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer († 1813)
• 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
• 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
• 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
• 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
• 1807 » Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist († 1889)
• 1817 » Richard S. Ewell, American general († 1872)
• 1819 » John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic († 1900)
• 1820 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general († 1891)

• 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
• 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
• 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
• 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)

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 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
• May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
• June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
• July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
• July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.

The temperature on February 8, 1770 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: sneeuw helder omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.