About the day » Saturday October 20, 1770Calender converter

• Abraham VERZENDAAL, Vlaardingen
• Antonij Dirksz van 't Foort, Renswoude,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1823)
• Albert Berendsen, Doetinchem († 1836)
• Adrianus (Arie) van der Wiel, Lisse, Nederland († 1829)
• Anna Catharina MICHIELS, Berlaar, 2590, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Aartje Everts Busser, Oud-Reemst (Otterlo), Gelderland, Nederland
• "Maria Anna" Violante Katharina Martha Xaveria von Sachsen, Siena, Italie († 1845)
• Antony van 't Voort, Woudenberg
• Antonij van 't Voort, Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aletta Pieters Abeele, Middelharnis

• Hubertus Koek (6), Roelofarendsveen
• Catherina Van Haevermaete (89), Overmere
• Geertruij van Stekelenburg, Rotterdam
• Ariaentje Maartensdr de Regt (82), 's-Gravendeel
• Aagje Jansz Kraakman (50), Noord-Scharwoude
• Françoise MEUSNIER (57), Véretz, 37270, France
• Brazure Cocke (76), Brunswick County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Ariaentje Maartensdr REGT, 's-Gravendeel
• Jannes van 't Reeve, Almelo
• Anna Monster, Sögel,, Niedersachsen, Duitsland

• 1719 » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist († 1772)
• 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
• 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
• 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
• 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
• 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
• 1790 » Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist († 1874)
• 1801 » Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel († 1854)
• 1808 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist († 1875)
• 1819 » Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism († 1850)*1822 - Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge († 1896)

• 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 October 20, 1770 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.