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• Augustinus Jacobus ARDENOIS, St.-Pieters-O/D-Dijk,8000,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Anna Elisabeth Kenis KENNIS († 1850)
• Christina Henriette Maria van Reede Amerongen, Utrecht († 1800)
• Adams Joannes Baptista, Minderhout, Antwerpen, België († 1829)
• Aaltje Pieters Veenstra, Drachten
• Apolonia Adriaanssen († 1794)
• Aaltje Pieters, Drachten
• Coenraad de der Flier, Amersfoort
• Anna Jillis den Nieuwenboer, Dordrecht († 1821)
• Balthazer P. Melick († 1835)

• Jan Barendsz Sweth van der (41), Maassluis
• Felicite Petitot (22), L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
• Balduinus Vanderjeught (74), Ledegem
• Elisabeth Beurskens (49), Kessel,, Limburg, Nederland
• Jan Vermoten (58), Haarlem
• James Campbell (79), Cherry Valley, Otsego, NY, United States
• Joannes de Kort (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Klaasje van Kouwenhoven, Giessendam, Nederland
• Barbara Janse Kesteloo (71), Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL
• Crijn Bastiaansz Salij (110), Pernis

• 1747 » Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer († 1804)
• 1757 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1823)
• 1759 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice († 1794)
• 1768 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician († 1844)
• 1794 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour († 1881)
• 1795 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist († 1872)
• 1797 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano († 1865)
• 1799 » Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress († 1883)
• 1800 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal († 1891)
• 1802 » Miguel I of Portugal († 1866)

• 1675 » William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
• 1686 » John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)
• 1717 » Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
• 1751 » Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
• 1764 » William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
• 1773 » Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
• 1803 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
• 1806 » John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)

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. John
15. Jean
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.
• 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 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• 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 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.

The temperature on October 26, 1770 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: donker zeer betrokken.