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• David 'Samuel' Voet Tehiliemsager, Amsterdam († 1825)
• Elizabeth Mott
• Franz Carl Eduard Heeremann Graf von Wimpffen, Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1842)
• Barbara Contantia Pattyn, Geluwe († 1826)
• Catharina Monica Tijman, Groningen, Nederland († 1846)
• Catharina Veugelaers, Horn, Limburg, Netherlands
• Catharina Aleid Schlickelmann, Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland
• Egbert Brunink*, Klooster, gem. Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1853)
• Christina Hadderik, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• CONSTANTIA BARBARA PATTYN, Geluveld, Zonnebeke, Flandre occidentale, Belgique († 1826)

• Juana Manuela Gallón Arango y Zafra (62), Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia
• Elisabeth DE VROOME, Amsterdam (NL/NH)
• Dimphna Antonisse van Dijck (78), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Heinrich (84), Papenburg, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Johann Adolph BÖCKING (74), Traben-Trarbach, 56831, Rheinland-Pfalz, Allemagne
• Elijah Estes (6)
• Catharina Wolff (83), Miltern,Stendal,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
• Chatarina Ketelaars, Moergestel, Netherlands
• Cornelis Cornelisz Jongkees (64), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dimphna van Dijck (75), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
• 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
• 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
• 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
• 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
• 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
• 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)
• 1833 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician († 1893)
• 1836 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author († 1917)
• 1836 » Queen Emma of Hawaii († 1885)

• 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)

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 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
• 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 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.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on January 2, 1770 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: donker zeer betrokken.