About the day » Friday July 20, 1770Calender converter

• Aloisius ROELS, Wenduine, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1795)
• Annetje Portengen, Nederhorst den Berg (gem. Wijdemeren)
• Anna Catharina Gertrud Einhaus († 1840)
• Gerardus Dockx, Deurne, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1830)
• Aalbert Bos, Oud Alblas († 1852)
• Genoveva Alloo, Koekelare († 1822)
• Daniel BLODGETT, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States († 1774)
• Count Ladislaus of Schaffgotsch-Semperfrei
• Adrianus van der Wiel, Lisse († 1829)
• Catharina Libert, Dessel (Belgie) († 1781)

• Annetje Jansd Van BAALEN (45)
• Maria, Francisca De Bruyn (40), Lebbeke
• Joannes Baptista Aelbrecht (0), Sint Niklaas
• Margien (ten Cate) ten Kate (65), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Tugendreich von Brandt (61)
• Jannetje(Johanna) Mesuur(Masure,Monsuer) (55), Delft
• Julien CAUDAL (79), Locqueltas,56390,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE
• Angela Rieke (69), Papenburg, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Cornelis Vinck (45), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Maria Francisca De Bruyn (40), Lebbeke

• 1754 » Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic († 1836)
• 1757 » Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat († 1811)
• 1762 » Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer († 1826)
• 1774 » Auguste de Marmont, French general († 1852)
• 1789 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan († 1839)
• 1804 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist († 1892)
• 1822 » Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist († 1884)
• 1838 » Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager († 1899)
• 1838 » Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English civil servant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1928)
• 1838 » William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon († 1911)

• 1704 » Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620)
• 1752 » Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer and theorist (b. 1667)
• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)

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)
• 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.
• 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 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 July 20, 1770 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.