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• Clara Frederike van Heemskerk, Delft, Z.H († 1818)
• Adriana Hermes, Breda († 1775)
• Catharina Wolters, Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Andrew Barclay Bache, Flatbush, Long Island, New York († 1847)
• Alida Jannetta van Maaswinkel, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1806)
• Daniel Gijsberts Enthoff, Epe († 1839)
• Clara Frederika Van Heemskerck, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1818)
• Aaltje de Beuze, Epe († 1853)
• Evert Jans (Eevert) Haanstra, Oranjewoud, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1827)
• Antonia Plattenaar, Amsterdam, Nederland

• Baudouin Charles Philippe de Coninck
• Jacobus Iven (76), Neerpelt (B.)
• Dirkje Simonse Rosenburg (50), Burgh
• Godefridus Gerardus Nix (52), Tongerlo bij Bree, Graafschap Loon, Prinsbisdom Luik
• Gerritje (68), Nijkerk-Appel
• Heiltjen Jans Wijenberg (4)
• Baudouin Charles Philippe de Coninck (30), Brugge, 31005, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Cornelis Frans Vergers (0), Haarlem
• Bernardus Schrijvershof (63), Schalkwijk
• Bernardus van Schrijvershof (63), Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1714 » Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic († 1782)
• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)

• 1714 » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

• 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 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
• 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.
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on August 1, 1770 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.