About the day » Monday April 23, 1770Calender converter

• David Murphy, Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States († 1843)
• Friederike Schachschneider, Crivitz, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Crivitz († 1853)
• Bernardus de Wit, Varsselder († 1862)
• Anna Catharina Boelen, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1812)
• Grietje Dillisd Van Der VINDEN, Strijen († 1779)
• Geneviève PINON, Francueil, 37150, France († 1843)
• Elisabeth Elizabeth Meulenbeek, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1823)
• Anna Maria Liefting, Egmond Binnen
• Derk Johannes ZWIERS, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1854)
• Egidius Uyttersprot, Moorsel († 1770)

• Hendrick Derick Hoagland (40), Hunterdon, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth Liefting
• Hendrik Lombart (37)
• Hendrik LOMBAR(D)(T) (37)
• Geesje Borger (Gerrits) (50), Windesheim (Zwollerkerspel)
• Angela ASHORN (33), Damme, Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Geesje Gerrits Bongers (50), Windesheim (Zwollerkerspel)
• Hubertus Lambertus BOURY (63), Ettelgem, 8450, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Dirk Corneliszn Bleiswijk (86), Zegwaart
• Geesje(Gerrits) Bonger (50), Windesheim,Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1744 » Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön († 1770)
• 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
• 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
• 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
• 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)
• 1805 » Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
• 1812 » Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1813 » Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar († 1853)
• 1813 » Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State († 1861)
• 1818 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor († 1894)

• 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
• 1781 » James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
• 1784 » Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
• 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)

• 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.
• April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
• June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on April 23, 1770 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder.