About the day » Tuesday January 23, 1770Calender converter

• Catharina Claessens, Ginniken (Nederland) († 1843)
• Catherine Kern, Heidelberg Twp, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States († 1851)
• Adrianus Grootens
• Bindert Hedzers Douma, Bergum († 1836)
• Albert Keppels, Langen († 1850)
• Cornelia de Kort, Moergestel
• Christen Jensen († 1853)
• Cornelis Willems van BERKEL, Oosterhout († 1843)
• Catharina Maria de Ridder, Leiden
• Catherine HELT, Willerwald, 57430, Moselle, Lorraine, FRANCE († 1852)

• Annetje Aarts van As (43), Huijzen
• Christiana Elisabeth Suehnel (0), Buchholz
• Anna Hendrikx van 't Hof (44), Stoutenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Elioenai Thurston (41), Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Catharina Lamberts Geerts Pijnenborgh (85), Drunen, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Koop (2), Bersede, Haren
• Cornelis Johan Bichon, IJsselmonde
• Anna Catherina MARTINI (60), Memmelsdorf (Germany)
• Caetje Wouters de Noo (75), Rotterdam
• François Joseph DEHOMBREUX (70), Genly,7040,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE

• 1719 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist († 1790)
• 1737 » John Hancock, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts († 1793)
• 1745 » William Jessop, English engineer, built the Cromford Canal († 1814)
• 1752 » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1832)
• 1780 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general († 1827)
• 1783 » Stendhal, French novelist († 1842)
• 1786 » Auguste de Montferrand, French-Russian architect, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column († 1858)
• 1799 » Alois Negrelli, Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire († 1858)
• 1809 » Surendra Sai, Indian activist († 1884)
• 1813 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist († 1895)

• 1744 » Giambattista Vico, Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668)
• 1785 » Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (b. 1724)
• 1789 » John Cleland, English author (b. 1709)
• 1800 » Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1749)
• 1803 » Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725)
• 1805 » Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763)
• 1806 » William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1810 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1812 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

The temperature on January 23, 1770 was about 8.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: mottig donker omtrent helder.