About the day » Sunday July 8, 1770Calender converter

• Aagje Mijs, Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobsz van der Spaan, Oude-Tonge
• Anna Gertrudis van Thoor, Susteren
• Anne Pieters van der Meulen, Giekerk, Friesland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Adriaan Post
• Anna Michielsen, Axel,Texel
• Anna Kunigunde Adam, Bebra,Hessen-Nassau,Prussia († 1841)
• Anna Mechielsen, Axel, Zl († 1802)
• Anna Gesina Amalia Krümpelman, Schale, Westfalen, Dld
• Anna Smolders, Udenhout († 1774)

• Hermann Conrad Witte (68), Natrup, Hagen am Teutoburger Wald
• Barbara Bax (31), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Aagje Boots (4), Wogmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Ann Prudence Logsdon (67), Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
• Jan Krijnsz Blok (52), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• Anne Logsdon (67), Frederick, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Nicolaasdr BAX (31), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Verstraten, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anne Marie TOMSON (47), Wandre, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Hindriks Bosscher (0)

• 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
• 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
• 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
• 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
• 1830 » Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1915)
• 1831 » John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola († 1888)
• 1836 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1914)
• 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
• 1838 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company († 1917)
• 1839 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company († 1937)

• 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
• 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
• 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
• 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
• 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
• 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)

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.
• May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
• 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.
• June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
• July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.

The temperature on July 8, 1770 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken donker.