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• ANNA MARGARETHA THIJSSEN, Beek († 1848)
• Berend Heidekking (Heidollen), Nedersaksen, Nordhorn, Graafschap Bentheim, Duitsland († 1826)
• Bernardus Wesenberg (Wezenberg), Twello († 1846)
• Charles Joseph DeLORY, Herquegies, Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Hainaut, Belgium 7911
• Cornelis-Arent Cornelisz Scheltinga, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1808)
• Elias Humphreys Roe († 1823)
• Edward Cono, St leonards, George Yard, Shoreditch, London
• Cornelius Oerlemans, Loon op Zand
• Albert Brederode, Noordwijk († 1818)
• Albert Jansz Brederode, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1818)

• Jan Koster (60), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Maaijke van den Dool (4)
• Conradus Reith (3), Fulda, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Levinus van Liere, Zaamslag
• Levinus van Lier, Zaamslag
• Jacob Neyt (65), Lochristie
• Joanna (Johanna) van Swaemen* (61), Hassum, Herzogtum Kleve, Preußen (jetzt: Goch-Hassum, Nordrhein-Westfalen)
• Johanna van der Made (30), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geertjen Reijersdr (Hoek) (82), Oosthuijsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Judocus Vercruycen (79), Temse

• 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
• 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
• 1818 » Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer († 1882)
• 1830 » Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet († 1877)
• 1846 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator († 1900)

• 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)

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 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
• April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
• 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).
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on May 25, 1770 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.