About the day » Sunday April 1, 1770Calender converter

• Anne Walker ****, Bedale, Via, Catterick, Yorkshire, England
• Anna Maria van Essen, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Verschoof, Maarssen
• Adrianus Mastwijk, Koehorn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1815)
• Adrianus Mastwijk, Utrecht-Koehorn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1815)
• "Steintje" Cornelisdr Brouwer, Vlaardingen († 1827)
• Agnetius Hendrickx, Kersbeek-Miskom
• Aaldert Gerrits Berghorst, Elburg, Nederland († 1823)
• Abraham van Gelder, Overschie
• Anna Maria Wijckmans, Reet, 2840, Rumst, Antwerpen, Belgium

• David Broers Eizinga (65), Oud-Beets, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Hendriksen Hooijer (71), Otterlo
• Arie Jansz KEIJZER (2)
• Geesjen Hindriks WESTENDORP (51), Blokzijl
• Geertruij Gerrits Appels (4), Nijkerk
• Henders Hemink (2)
• Catharina Habets, Hulsberg (Beekdaelen), Limburg, Nederland
• Harmanus Jan Doreman, Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabeth De Wolf, Vremde
• Gregorius DELLAERT, Wondelgem,9032,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1721 » Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer († 1799)
• 1741 » George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor († 1825)
• 1753 » Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat († 1821)
• 1755 » Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician († 1826)
• 1765 » Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher († 1810)
• 1776 » Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher († 1831)
• 1786 » William Mulready, Irish genre painter († 1863)
• 1815 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas († 1880)
• 1815 » Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire († 1898)
• 1823 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky († 1891)

• 1682 » Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
• 1787 » Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
• 1839 » Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
• 1865 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
• 1872 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
• 1878 » John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)

• 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.
• 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).
• July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on April 1, 1770 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: droog.