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• Bart Bartholomeus Kregting, Kranenburg, Rheinland, Preussen, Duitsland († 1843)
• Anne Catherine LEMOINE, Marbais, 1495, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 1834)
• Caatje Roosendaal, Leiden († 1835)
• Catharina Sprenkels, Klein Zundert * Nl *
• Anna Maria Verrijckt, Venray
• Bartholomeus Krechting, Mehr, NRW, De († 1843)
• Arend Lange, Elmeloh, Oldenburg (D) († 1821)
• Bart Kregting, Mehr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1843)
• Ann TURNER, Soham, Cambridgeshire, England
• Anthonius Basten, Schandeloo, Limburg, Nederland

• Joanna Maria (Ide) Omstein (60), Helle, Nuth, Nederland
• JOSEPHUS - FRANCISCUS VANNESTE (29), Sint Eloois Winkel, 8880, Flandre occidentale, Belgique
• Josephus Franciscus Vanneste (29), St Eloois Winkel
• Catharina Claasdr. (Trijntje) Schrama (30), Berkenrode, NH, Nederland
• Jacques Hebert (44), Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
• Catje Schrama (33), Hillegom
• Joanna Maria (Ida) Omsteijn (60), Gemeente Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
• Joanna Maria Ornstein (60), Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland
• Kniertje Jans van den Oever (74), Katwijk aan de Rijn, Holland (South), Netherlands
• Hendrik Paulusz. Voogt, Den Helder,Gemeente den Helder,North Holland,Netherlands

• 1732 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier († 1799)
• 1739 » Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution († 1793)
• 1746 » Gustav III of Sweden († 1792)
• 1749 » Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1806)
• 1754 » Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor († 1820)
• 1761 » Louis Klein, French general († 1845)
• 1763 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician († 1831)
• 1776 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer († 1822)
• 1787 » Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist († 1864)
• 1804 » Delphine de Girardin, French author († 1855)

• 1626 » Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
• 1639 » Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
• 1666 » Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1709 » George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)

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 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.
• 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.
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on January 24, 1770 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: droog.