About the day » Tuesday January 16, 1770Calender converter

• Adrianus janssen, hoogeloon
• Eugénie REAL, Wiers,7608,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Catharina Pietersdr. van der Sman, Voorburg († 1828)
• Anthonius Kempen, Mill
• Aukje Rinzes, Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• "Alphonse" Jean François de Saussure, Genève, Suisse († 1853)
• Engel Wijker, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1771)
• Anna Catharina Haegemans, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1848)
• Adrianus Janssen, Hoogeloon († 1830)
• Aukjen van der Bijl, Bergum, Friesland, Netherlands

• Cornelius Taymans (62), Grobbendonk, 2280, België
• Cornelius Taeymans (62), Grobbendonk
• Cornelius Taeymans (62), Grobbendonk, Antwerpen, België
• Charles-Joseph Desmanet de Biesme (57), à Chastres, Namur (Belgique)
• Antonia Mertens Geerts (28), Zundert (NL)
• Jenneke
• Adriaen Hagedoorn (55), Deventer
• Ann FULTON (69), Convoy Parish, Donegal, Ireland
• Antonia Maria Mertens (28), Zundert * NL *
• Bregje Muus VAN DER WIT, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1691 » Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator († 1781)
• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
• 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)
• 1838 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist († 1917)

• 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
• 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
• 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
• 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
• 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)

• 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)
• March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
• April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
• May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
• June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• 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).
• August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

The temperature on January 16, 1770 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: hagel regen sneeuw omtrent helder.