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• Annatje Bogert, New York City, New York County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1847)
• Albert Lucasz Vos, Westerbork
• Anna den Hoed, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Van de Walle, Erwetegem
• Abraham Janse van den Berge, Bruinisse († 1824)
• Adriaan de Jager
• Adrianus Overdijke, Oude Tonge
• Anna den Hoed, Overschie
• Albert Rondenhof, Epse
• Antje Dalenberg, Schoorl

• Jantje (Anneke) Tuis (Tussen) (61), / NL
• Andreas "Peterse" van Dongen, Dorst, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• henricus trines (trijnes) (1), belfeld
• Charles Olivier 1703 Daigle (67), Quebec, Canada
• Jan Jansz van Emmerik (50), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacobus Meersman (72), Aartrijke
• Jean Melchior TSCHIRHART (70), Soppe-le-Haut, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Jean Baptiste Lambert (32), Sugny
• Cornelia van Hoeven (3)
• Cniertje Oliviers Zeeman (62), 's-Gravenzande

• 1756 » Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter and educator († 1823)
• 1760 » Hugh Ronalds, British nurseryman who cultivated and documented 300 varieties of apples († 1833)
• 1760 » William Payne, English painter († 1830)
• 1769 » Muhammad Ali, Ottoman military leader and pasha († 1849)
• 1770 » Joseph Jacotot, French philosopher and academic († 1840)
• 1778 » Robert Emmet, Irish commander († 1803)
• 1781 » Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist († 1869)
• 1782 » Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss philosopher, author, and academic († 1830)
• 1792 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher († 1886)
• 1793 » Karl Lachmann, German philologist and critic († 1851)

• 1710 » Louis III, duke of Bourbon (b. 1668)
• 1733 » Claude de Forbin, French admiral and politician (b. 1656)
• 1744 » John Anstis, English historian and politician (b. 1669)
• 1762 » Johannes Zick, German painter (b. 1702)
• 1793 » Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (b. 1725)
• 1795 » John Collins, American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1717)
• 1805 » Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
• 1807 » Abraham Baldwin, American minister, lawyer, and politician (b. 1754)
• 1811 » Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1778)
• 1832 » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist and scholar (b. 1790)

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 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 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."
• 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).
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

The temperature on March 4, 1770 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: mottig zeer betrokken.