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• Alida Kruijt, Capelle aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1857)
• Bernardus Hendriks Wetting, Franker († 1825)
• Arnoldus Barts van Elk, Wamel († 1815)
• Coenraad Koenen (Coenen), Bunschoten († 1850)
• Cornelia van Leeuwen, Voorburg
• Constance Joseph Scorier, Ollignies, Hainaut, Be († 1830)
• Cornelis van den Buijs, Zundert, 4443, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1846)
• Anna Maria Brosis, Kalmthout († 1848)
• Dymfna Sips, Oosterhout, Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1848)
• Barber Boef, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anna DE WAGTER, Liezele Belgie
• Egbert van Vilsteren (4), Zwolle (Broerenkerkhof)
• Elizabetha van Hertem (8), Hoogeloon
• Jane (79)
• Gijsje Struijs, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Elizabetha Wilhelmus van Hertem (8), Hapert
• Grietje Hoogerwerf (25), Den Helder
• Claas HOIJKES (35), Uithuizermeeden, Hefshuizen, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Jacobus de Ruysscher (39), Lokeren
• Antoine Joseph WAUTIER (60), Wavre, 1300, Brabant Wallon, Belgique

• 1714 » Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese mathematician and educator († 1783)
• 1720 » Charles Edward Stuart, Scottish claimant to the throne of England († 1788)
• 1738 » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India († 1805)
• 1741 » Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic († 1794)
• 1763 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral († 1806)
• 1776 » Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist († 1832)
• 1798 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic († 1850)
• 1805 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author († 1876)
• 1815 » George Meade, American general and engineer († 1872)
• 1830 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian ruler († 1895)

• 1679 » Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
• 1691 » Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)
• 1691 » Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
• 1705 » Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
• 1719 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
• 1730 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
• 1742 » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1775 » Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)

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. Jean
15. John
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 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
• April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
• 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.
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on December 31, 1770 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: droog.