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• Coleta Perpetua DECLERCK, Woumen, 32026, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Anna Petronella Van Landeghem, Beveren, België († 1770)
• Adriana BOUDEWIJNS, Merksplas, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1813)
• Boudewijns Adriana, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 1813)
• Alegundis Van Gerven, Oerle (NL)
• Cornelis van den Boer, Eersel († 1810)
• Derk Koerdes, Rekken
• Catharina Janssen, Tegelen
• Brigitte Remy, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
• Anne Constance Charlotte de Trémigon, Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France († 1804)

• Cornelia Ockersse (30), 's Hertogenbosch
• Joannes Petrus Houben (56), Simpelveld
• Anna Christina RAEYEN (43), Tessenderlo, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Jacobus Kennis (0), Kontich
• François PINTE (85), Oreye,4360,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Heinrich Hamboch (83), Kelzenberg
• *Anton Salzig (80)
• Elisabetha Engel (53), Kestert, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Evertien (Evertje) Jansdr. Jansen) Odink (73), Collendoorn, Heemse, Ambt Hardenberg,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Doede Heines, Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1767)
• 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)
• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)

• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)

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.
• 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 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 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

The temperature on February 23, 1770 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.