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• Carolus Josephus Meerts, Geel, Belgie († 1870)
• Burg Adrianusz. van der Steen, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1849)
• Adrianus Beck, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1857)
• Cornelia Pietersdr. Vuik, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, ZH, Nederland († 1796)
• Bernardus van Hateren, Aalsum
• Betsy Brooks († 1823)
• Anna Catharine Labohm, Wardenburg
• Anje Okkes Nienhuis, Westeremden, Groningen, Nederland († 1830)
• CAATJE MOERMAN, MAASLAND († 1792)
• Adrianus den Bouwmeester, Heukelum,South Holland,Netherlands († 1874)

• Cornelisje Duynevelt, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Hendrik Jurjens Brons (52), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• David Eckhard (0), Hesselbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Johannes Focken (1), Schüttorf Deutschland
• Janet Turing
• Cornelisje Duynevelt, Egmond-Binnen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Johan van Droogenhorst (65), Amsterdam
• Hendrik Jurjens Brons (52), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Jacobus van Heeswijck (17), Bree (B)
• Albert Joseph BOURGEOIS (75), Péruwelz, 7600, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique

• 1732 » Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer († 1809)
• 1745 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery († 1827)
• 1814 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician († 1900)
• 1817 » Lewis Armistead, American general († 1863)
• 1836 » Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and yogi († 1886)
• 1838 » Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1916)
• 1846 » Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager († 1904)
• 1848 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist († 1933)
• 1849 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician († 1906)
• 1850 » George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor († 1934)

• 1712 » Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
• 1743 » Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
• 1748 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
• 1772 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
• 1778 » Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
• 1780 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
• 1788 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
• 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
• 1873 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Grietje
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Marie
15. Elizabeth
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)
• January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
• April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
• June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
• June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
• October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

The temperature on February 18, 1792 was about -7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.