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• Cornelis Claas Kat, Zaandam († 1772)
• Clara Maria Kets, Helmond († 1840)
• Anna Elslander (Elslanders), Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1836)
• Cornelis Pijnenborgh, Den Dungen, Nederland
• Cornelia Wilhelmus van Houtum, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1772)
• Andries Colenbrander, Silvolde († 1827)
• Bernardus Hanenberg, Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharine Lucy Louisa Lucinda Speidel, Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1800)
• Wiltje Johannes Pars (Plaat), St. Annaparochie († 1849)
• Arrien Klaassen Dikken, NG Kerk Vollenhove

• Genoveva De Keyser (0), Hamme, Belgio
• Elisabeth ODEKIRCKEN (69), Klimmen,Gemeente Voerendaal,Limburg,Nederland
• Ann Edwards #5839**07x3 (29), Stourton, Wiltshire, England
• Adriana Christophorie van der Schoot (73), Baarle
• Anna Maria DIEKMANN (61)
• Hendrik Muller
• Anna Maria Van Quathem (58), Tielt
• Gillis Drabbe (68), Terneuzen
• Anna Gertrud Helbach (52), Osterspai, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Grietje van Eijk, Overschie

• 1734 » Taksin, King of Thailand († 1782)
• 1741 » Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist († 1811)
• 1750 » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1828)
• 1756 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander († 1805)
• 1766 » Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician († 1861)
• 1794 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer († 1868)
• 1798 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic († 1840)
• 1814 » Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic († 1888)
• 1816 » Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist († 1876)
• 1820 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball († 1892)

• 1680 » Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (b. 1656)
• 1695 » Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)
• 1696 » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (b. 1626)
• 1711 » Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
• 1713 » David Hollatz, Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
• 1764 » Johann Mattheson, German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
• 1790 » Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)

• 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)
• January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
• June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
• June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
• August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
• August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
• September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

The temperature on April 17, 1772 was about 7.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen donker.