About the day » Tuesday February 6, 1770Calender converter

• Anna Derom, Hoeilaart († 1770)
• Einte Sytses de Vries, Hallum († 1831)
• Arthémise LEPERLIER, Saint-Louis,97421,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1771)
• Anna Petronella Mels, Stekene († 1845)
• "Gosewinus" Goossen Goossen, Ammerzoden († 1846)
• Anna Petronella Mels, Stekene († 1845)
• Amandus Basilius VAN BELLEGHEM, Sijsele,8340,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1819)
• Charlotte Geertruij van der Worm, Rotterdam
• Dorothea Van Duijnslaegher, Wielsbeke († 1770)
• Claas Ariensz Schipper, Rotterdam († 1816)

• Hermanus LINSCHOTEN, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Floris Pannebacker (44)
• Johanna Jans Pauw (39), De Rijp
• Hepsibah Pomeroy (Pummery) (63), Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Joannes van Pinxteren (79), Berlicum
• Elizabeth Sandiford
• Frederik Willem Pape (79), Hannover, Nedersaksen
• Hermanus Linschoten, Utrecht
• Johannes Stramroot (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Segersdr., Streefkerk

• 1744 » Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon († 1795)
• 1748 » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati († 1830)
• 1753 » Évariste de Parny, French poet and author († 1814)
• 1756 » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States († 1836)
• 1758 » Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician († 1841)
• 1769 » Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general († 1862)
• 1772 » George Murray, Scottish general and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies († 1830)
• 1778 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet († 1827)
• 1781 » John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Irish general and politician, Governor of Saint Lucia († 1844)
• 1796 » John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist († 1861)

• 1685 » Charles II of England (b. 1630)
• 1695 » Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
• 1775 » William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721)
• 1783 » Capability Brown, English gardener and architect (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)
• 1804 » Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)
• 1807 » John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
• 1833 » Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)

• 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.
• April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
• 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 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."
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on February 6, 1770 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: hagel betrokken sneeuw regen.