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• Anne Barbara Vroomen (Vroonen), Schin Op Geul, Nederland († 1845)
• Anna Margaretha Schulte, Bersede, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1782)
• Andreas de Waal, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1819)
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth - Elisabeth Legedör, Deldorf, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1843)
• Anna Pallada, Indoornik, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendje Stoffers Bosker, Woldendorp, Groningen, Nederland († 1826)
• Bernarda Leenders, Eijmeren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pallada, Indoornik († 1836)
• Alexander Frederick Gordon, Doornik,Province du Hainaut,Walloon Region,Belgique
• Aleida van Kalken, Amersfoort

• Ann Gray (42)
• Hendrina Hendriks, Pannerden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Caleb Horton (73), White Plains, Westchester, New York
• Ann Bryan (60), Rosefield, Windsor, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• jannigje TROOST (1), mijnsheerenland
• Harm Jans
• Hindrik Harms
• Hermanus Holtus (69)
• Jetsche LEUWES (12), Warkum (Workum), Nijefurd, Súdwest-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland
• Erzsébet Gál (2), Zsáka, Hajdu-Bihar

• 1714 » Alaungpaya, Burmese king († 1760)
• 1732 » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist († 1785)
• 1758 » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1794)
• 1759 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician († 1833)
• 1772 » William I of the Netherlands († 1840)
• 1787 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer († 1834)
• 1824 » Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar († 1891)
• 1837 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)

• 1759 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1770 » Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
• 1779 » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 » Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)

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. Jean
15. John
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.
• April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
• June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• 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.

The temperature on August 24, 1770 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: droog.