About the day » Wednesday January 3, 1770Calender converter

• Adriaan Gerard van Mourik, Steenbergen († 1845)
• Adriana Francisca van Dongen, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1844)
• Anna Maria Goossens, Geetbets, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Françoise ARTIGUENAVE, JUNCALAS
• Coenrardus Joannis Ivonis van Hoorn, Lithoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Francisca van Dongen, Heusden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1844)
• Cornelius Nuyts, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 1770)
• Catharina Izaaksdr Stam, Schoonhoven, Nederland († 1851)
• Adriana Ponte, Dordrecht
• Anne AMIAUD, ( Billauderie (La)-La Magdeleine, 16240, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France-La Magdeleine, 16240, Charente, Poitou-C († 1820)

• Joanna Richardson (73)
• Aaltje Lebbink (0), Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan Francis VAN CANNEYT (5), Ardooie,8850,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Harmen Meilink (0), Bathmen
• Joannes Matthias++++ IN DE WILLIGEN (1), Weert(L.)
• Claas Gerbrandtsz BOOM (68), Hoorn
• Geertje Dirks BORSTEN (51), Spanbroek
• Jannetje Pietersen Keldermans (58)
• Geeltje Jans (1)
• Catherine RASQUIN (73), MARCOURT, Luxembourg, Belgique

• 1731 » Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman († 1792)
• 1760 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler († 1799)
• 1775 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont († 1863)
• 1778 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop († 1861)
• 1793 » Lucretia Mott, American activist († 1880)
• 1802 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician († 1898)
• 1803 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright († 1857)
• 1806 » Henriette Sontag, German soprano and actress († 1854)
• 1810 » Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer († 1897)
• 1816 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician († 1891)

• 1670 » George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1608)
• 1701 » Louis I, prince of Monaco (b. 1642)
• 1705 » Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1634)
• 1743 » Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)
• 1777 » William Leslie, Scottish captain (b. 1751)
• 1779 » Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712)
• 1785 » Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
• 1795 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730)
• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)

• 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 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
• June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
• 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).
• July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
• August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

The temperature on January 3, 1770 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken zeer betrokken.