About the day » Wednesday May 2, 1770Calender converter

• Christophe Baudry, Saint Philibert de Bouaine, 85660, France († 1812)
• Albert Arends Lokken, Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1852)
• Anne Bellon, ( Gaudets ) Uvernet-Fours
• Ammalia Sophia Elisabeth Strunk, Schotmar (Duitsland)
• * Maria Catharina Dirkse Hol, Oirschot († 1838)
• Cornelis Vader, Grijpskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• CHRISTIAAN ADRIAENSSENS, Schilde
• Anna Carolina DE GEEST, Roeselare, 36015, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1819)
• Arij Schilpzand, Zandvoort,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Agniete Cornelia de Jonge, Hoogeveen († 1793)

• Catherine Joseph Smetz, Herve, Luik, België
• Jan Brants (83), Lunteren
• Hendrijntje Breedijk, Waarder
• Anna Cornelia Van Camp (5), Aartselaar, 2630, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriana van Everdingen (33), Culemborg
• Hendrick Brandse van Sprakelaar (83), Lunteren,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Franciscus Crabbe, Woumen West-Vlaanderen, België
• Johannes Christianus Niewenhuijs (Nienhuijs), Huissen
• Jeanne- Madeleine LOMBARD (72)
• Joannes Christianus Nienhuijs (1), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1737 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1805)
• 1740 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress († 1821)
• 1750 » John André, English soldier and spy († 1780)
• 1752 » Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer († 1790)
• 1754 » Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer († 1806)
• 1772 » Novalis, German author and poet († 1801)
• 1773 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet († 1845)
• 1797 » Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist († 1864)
• 1802 » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist († 1870)
• 1806 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint († 1876)

• 1667 » George Wither, English poet and author (b. 1588)
• 1683 » Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613)
• 1711 » Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
• 1799 » Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)
• 1802 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
• 1810 » Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)
• 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)

• 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.
• May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
• June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
• July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

The temperature on May 2, 1770 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: hagel sneeuw donder weerlicht.