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• Agatha Maria de Leeuw, Leeuwarden († 1842)
• Anna Sophia Davidsd van Heerden, Zuid Afrika
• Annigje Ket († 1828)
• Agatha Maria Sibrands, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1842)
• Aaltje Folkerts, Modesta, California, Verenigde Staten († 1826)
• Anthoinetta Carels Greis, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1831)
• Ale Rinkes, Tjalleberd, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Sibrens de Leeuw, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1842)
• Andries Pieters, aan de Zeedijk, Pietersbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Acke Tjeerds Ouendag, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1791)

• Edward Light, Kingston by Sea, Sussex, England
• Hendrikus Aartsen van Lutzenburgh (3), Driebergen
• Joannes GOOSSENS (76), Wuustwezel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Hendrik FOCKES (34), Doezum, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Schellinckhoudt (63), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Fokkes (57)
• Catharina De Bosschere (32), Scheldewindeke
• Cornelis Jorisse SCHELLINGHOUT (63), Maasland
• Helena Sara Boers (27), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hittie Feddes (34), Brantgum Westdongeradeel Friesland NL

• 1717 » Maria Theresa, Archduchess, Queen, and Empress; Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor († 1780)
• 1730 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1782)
• 1735 » Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer († 1821)
• 1742 » Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen († 1798)
• 1753 » Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1823)
• 1792 » Pope Pius IX († 1878)
• 1794 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter († 1835)
• 1795 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist († 1875)
• 1811 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1859)
• 1822 » Francis, Duke of Cádiz († 1902)

• 1704 » Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (b. 1632)
• 1726 » Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (b. 1659)
• 1782 » Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)
• 1807 » Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Beilby Porteus, English bishop (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
• 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)

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)
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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 May 13, 1770 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken helder.