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• Catharina Drijver, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1812)
• "Joannes" Jan Francis Jan Francis, Schijndel
• Catharina Sterk, Amsterdam († 1834)
• Christoph SCHULZ
• CORNELIA WIJNHORST, DELFSHAVEN († 1849)
• Antonius van Hazendonk, Cothen
• Bart Steffens, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Flink, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1842)
• Berendje Jans Pals, Midwolda († 1818)
• Agnes Nancy Duncan († 1833)

• Franciscus CAUDRON (1), Moorsel
• Hendrina GERRITS (69), Gennep,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cosijn JANSEN (38), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Hendrina Andreae Gerrits (69), Gennep
• Alexander Miller (66), Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Franciscus Glashouwers (76), Vechmaal, Heers, Limburg, België
• Hendrina Gerrits (69), Gennep
• Janna Jannissen Tijmens (van Putten) (55), Epe
• Abraham Dillié, Middelburg
• Jacoba Straver (45), Oudewater

• 1735 » Johann Karl August Musäus, German author († 1787)
• 1747 » Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German pianist and composer († 1822)
• 1769 » Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France († 1851)
• 1780 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish adventurer († 1841)
• 1790 » John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States († 1862)
• 1799 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1869)
• 1802 » Johann Moritz Rugendas, German landscape painter of Spanish America († 1858)
• 1816 » 10th Dalai Lama († 1837)
• 1824 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist, physician, and philosopher († 1899)
• 1826 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician († 1900)

• 1751 » Thomas Coram, English captain and philanthropist, founded Foundling Hospital (b. 1668)
• 1772 » Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1688)
• 1788 » Charles Wesley, English missionary and poet (b. 1707)
• 1792 » Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
• 1800 » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French general and engineer (b. 1714)
• 1803 » Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian librarian and diplomat (b. 1733)
• 1826 » Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (b. 1751)
• 1829 » Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1759)
• 1848 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
• 1855 » Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. Adrianus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Elisabeth
7. Marie
8. Joanna
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Adriana
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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)
• May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
• June 10 » A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
• August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
• August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
• November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).

The temperature on March 29, 1786 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken.