About the day » Wednesday December 26, 1770Calender converter

• Arend KRAAYBEEK, Amsterdam († 1835)
• Anna Catharina Verhaegen, Schriek
• Catharina NAHUYS, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Akke Heins († 1773)
• Anna Giljou, Haarlem
• Catharina Nahuijs, Monnickendam († 1844)
• Catherine Hottois, Wasmes, Colfontaine, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aagje Slooff, Ridderkerk († 1849)
• Christianus Daemen, Horn,, Limburg, Nederland
• Verhaegen Anna Catharina, Schriek, Antwerpen, België

• Joannis Ariese Bal (47), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joanna Paardekoper (35), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje MEIJER (40), Dordrecht
• Dirk Lieuwes (64), Dokkum, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Daniel Hyde (76), Franklin, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Lieuwes (64)
• Cornelia Cornelisdr. Persoon (67), Wassenaar Aangifte
• Joannis Ariese Bal (47), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Isabelle (1) Van Den Bruele (1), Haaltert (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Christian Wickel (0), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1723 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright († 1807)
• 1737 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1815)
• 1751 » Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint († 1820)
• 1751 » Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician († 1793)
• 1769 » Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet († 1860)
• 1780 » Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author († 1872)
• 1782 » Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint († 1867)
• 1785 » Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium († 1871)
• 1791 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine († 1871)
• 1803 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author († 1882)

• 1646 » Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (b. 1588)
• 1731 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
• 1771 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
• 1780 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
• 1784 » Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
• 1786 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)

• 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 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
• 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.
• 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 December 26, 1770 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.