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• Anne Marie Gerarts, Maasbree, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna van den Horst, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1846)
• Aaltje Dirks de Jong, Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1830)
• Anna Janse Olirook, Poeldijk
• Ebenezer Adams, Virginia, United States († 1771)
• Aaltje Dirksd de Jong, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1830)
• Eekelen, van († 1848)
• Franz Georg Böhm, Frankisch Crumbach
• Elisabeth Rovers, Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• antoine jh. MOREAU, Jemappes (Belgium) Hainaut

• Jan Cornelisz Goedhart, Noord-Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Josijntje Mierop (35), oude nieuwland (goeree overflakkee)
• Lammert Jans Hoogeboom (41), Lutjegast
• Jan Wagenvoort (5), Deventer
• Cornelia van LOON, Nispen-Essen
• Franciscus Wilhelmus (Francis Guillaume) Wijnen (40), wijlrre
• Maritje Keijser, Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannis van DUN (60), Chaam, 3410, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Margaret Croasdale Smith (78), Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Judocus VANSTEENKISTE (68), Izegem, 8870, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1704 » Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans († 1752)
• 1719 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1767)
• 1721 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1803)
• 1755 » Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor († 1805)
• 1792 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright († 1822)
• 1805 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1865)
• 1821 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church († 1881)
• 1821 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton († 1892)
• 1834 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher († 1923)
• 1836 » Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup, Danish architect († 1907)

• 1718 » René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
• 1727 » Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
• 1741 » Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
• 1778 » Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
• 1792 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
• 1795 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
• 1804 » Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)

• 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.
• April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
• April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
• 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.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on August 4, 1770 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken zeer betrokken.