About the day » Wednesday April 11, 1770Calender converter

• Antonia Grotenbregt, Steenderen († 1845)
• Cornelia van den Broek, Ouder-Amstel
• Anna Catharina Sijbilla Kohnen, Susteren
• Agatha de Laf, Leiden, Rk Utrechtse Veer
• Anna Anneke SWAGERS, Bergeijk, 3314, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1824)
• Cornelis Stafluij (Staffleu Stavleu), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1849)
• Anna Theresa Eduwaere, Esen,8600,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1841)
• "Gerardus" Gerrit Gerrit, Gendt, NL († 1845)
• Anna Theresia Eduwaere, Esen († 1841)
• Adriaan Dubbelman, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1772)

• Laurence Julienne CILLARD (62), Trémeur, 22250, France
• Jasper* Smith Sr (92), Maidenhead, Hunterdon, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Dina Arijze Rietdijk (24)
• Geesje Hendriks Kruithof (0), Oosterwolde
• Henrica van Dooren (47), Dinther
• Franciscus Joseph VANLERBERGHE, Menen, 34027, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Elisabeth Willem Vosters (0), Reusel
• Catherine Victoire Joseph Delebar (0), Lille (Saint-Sauveur) 59350, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Hendrik Claasz KRUITHOF (2), Mijnsheerenland
• Abraham Borel (54), Zwolle,Gemeente Zwolle,Overijssel,Netherlands

• 1715 » John Alcock, English organist and composer († 1806)
• 1721 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American clergyman and missionary († 1808)
• 1722 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet († 1771)
• 1749 » Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, French miniaturist and portrait painter († 1803)
• 1755 » James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist († 1824)
• 1770 » George Canning, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1827)
• 1794 » Edward Everett, English-American educator and politician, 15th Governor of Massachusetts († 1865)
• 1798 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic († 1854)
• 1819 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor († 1895)
• 1825 » Ferdinand Lassalle, German philosopher and jurist († 1864)

• 1712 » Richard Simon, French priest and critic (b. 1638)
• 1723 » John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1650)
• 1783 » Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Polish-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1718)
• 1798 » Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet and academic (b. 1725)
• 1856 » Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1831)
• 1861 » Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (b. 1824)
• 1873 » Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
• 1890 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
• 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)

• 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.
• 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 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• 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).

The temperature on April 11, 1770 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.