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• Carolina Petronilla Thees († 1836)
• Elisabeth Roijackers, Helmond
• Elisabeth ROYAKKERS, Helmond († 1846)
• Dorothéam Rosaliam Catharinam EVERAERT, Oostduinkerke,8670,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1771)
• Aleidis Lamers, Wyler, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Christian Gottlob Rössel, Sachsen, Deutschland
• "Geertrui"j (Trijntje) Ram, Montfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1835)
• Cornelis Frijters, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Driessen (Mickers), Gemert, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Catharina Heijden van der, Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1844)

• Hans Georg BISCHOFF (78), Illingen, Wuerttewmberg, Germany
• Catharina CALUWAERTS (74), Lippelo, 2890, Anvers, Belgique
• Henriëtte Johanna Schrassert (69), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berbera Trom, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannes Giliam DE GAST (44), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Jeltje Blaauw (0), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida VAN BARNEVELD (49), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Esselina Hoefmans, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida van Barnevelt (49), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Hendrik Hendriks Tigelaar (59), Hoogeveen

• 1762 » Samuel Morey, American engineer († 1843)
• 1766 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general († 1847)
• 1790 » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator († 1860)
• 1796 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician († 1857)
• 1801 » Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor († 1851)
• 1805 » John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian († 1886)
• 1813 » Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer († 1848)
• 1815 » João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician († 1889)
• 1817 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author († 1875)
• 1822 » Gustav Spörer, German astronomer († 1895)

• 1688 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
• 1730 » Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
• 1764 » Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
• 1774 » Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)

• 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.
• 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 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 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.
• 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 23, 1770 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.