* 1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist ( d. 1828 )

* 1674 – František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect, designed the Veltrusy Mansion ( d. 1766 )

* 1766 – Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, politician, and preacher, helped draft the Texas Declaration of Independence ( d. 1861 )

** 1802 – 1803 Johann Heinrich Rothpletz ( b. 1766 – d. 1833 )

* 1766 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic ( b. 1685 )

The Qianlong Emperor in ceremonial armor on horseback, painted by Giuseppe Castiglione ( 1688 – 1766 ) | Giuseppe Castiglione, dated 1739 or 1758.

* Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos ( 1766 – 1826 ), revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence.

* Harper's Weekly 150 cartoons on elections 1860-1912 ; Reconstruction topics ; Chinese exclusion ; plus American Political Prints from the Library of Congress, 1766 – 1876

** Robert Darwin ( 1766 – 1848 ), physician, father of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )

* George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough ( 1766 – 1840 ), elder son of the 4th Duke

* 1766 – In London, James Christie holds his first sale.

* 1766 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer ( d. 1826 )

* Robert Waring Darwin ( 1766 – 1848 ), father of the naturalist Charles Darwin

* 1766 – Thomas Robert Malthus, English demographer and political economist ( d. 1834 )

* 1693 – James Quin, English actor ( d. 1766 )

John Leslie ( 1766 – 1832 ) noted a weakness in the views of Amontons and Coulomb.

* 1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer ( d. 1766 )

* Frederick V of Denmark ( 1723 – 1766 ), king of Denmark and Norway

In 1766 – 81, Henry Cavendish was the first to recognize that hydrogen gas was a discrete substance, and that it produces water when burned, a property which later gave it its name: in Greek, hydrogen means " water-former ".

Hanover was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on July 4, 1761, and in 1765 – 1766 its first inhabitants arrived, the majority from Connecticut.

* 1704 – John Taylor, English scholar ( d. 1766 )

* 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator ( d. 1813 )

* 1692 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer ( d. 1766 )

* November 2 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer ( d. 1766 )

* Frederika Luise Wilhelmina ( The Hague, 28 November 1770 – The Hague, 15 October 1819 ), married in The Hague on 14 October 1790 Karl, Hereditary Prince of Braunschweig ( London, 8 February 1766 – Antoinettenruh, 20 September 1806 ), a son of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, without issue.

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer ( 1692 – 1766 ) was an accomplished baroque composer, whose work Concerti Armonici erroneously was attributed to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.

Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand's eldest son and designated heir, Karl Georg August ( 1766 – 1806 ), married Frederika Luise Wilhelmine, Princess of Orange-Nassau, daughter of William V, Prince of Orange and Wilhelmina of Prussia, in 1790.

* 1766 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1858 )

* January 5 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal ( b. 1766 )

* May 21 – Christoph Friedrich von Ammon, German theological writer and preacher ( b. 1766 )

In 1766, he married Maria Elizabeth Colomb, the widow of Baron von Hollwede, and they had two sons.

* Baltzar von Platen ( statesman ) ( 1766 – 1829 ), Swedish naval officer and statesman

* Hans Henrik von Liewen ( 1766 – 1772 )

Count Baltzar Bogislaus von Platen ( 1766 – 1829 ) was a Swedish naval officer and statesman.

no: Baltzar von Platen ( 1766 – 1829 )

* January 5 — Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, military leader and subject of the Radetzky March by Johann Strauss I ( b. 1766 )

* July 15-Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter, printmaker and teacher ( born 1766 )

* Nikolaus Hendrik von Engelhardt 1766 – 1778

Friedrich August von Finck ( 1718 – 1766 ) was a Prussian soldier and writer.

* Hasselquist, Fredrik, Carl von Linné ( 1766 ): Voyages and Travels in the Levant in the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52: Containing Observations in Natural History, Physick, Agriculture, and Commerce, Particularly on the Holy Land, and the Natural History of the Scriptures Published by Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, 456 pages

These included the 1607 New Castle ( Neue Schloss ) for Kaspar von Graffenrieds ( renovated 1740, 1755, 1930-36 ) and the 1723 Märchligen Estate for Samuel Morlot ( renovated in 1766, 1820 ), both of which were used as summer residences.

Christoph Friedrich von Ammon ( 1766 – May 21, 1850 ) was a German theological writer and preacher.

The story of Sophonisba also served as subject for works by John Marston ( 1606 ), David Murray ( 1610 ), Nathaniel Lee ( 1676 ), Daniel Caspar von Lohenstein ( 1680 ), Henry Purcell ( 1685 ), Antonio Caldara ( 1708 ), Leonardo Leo ( 1718 ), Luca Antonio Predieri ( 1722 ), James Thomson ( 1729 ), Niccolò Jommelli ( 1746 ), Baldassare Galuppi ( 1747, 1764 ), Tommaso Traetta ( 1762 ), Antonio Boroni ( 1764 ), Christopher Gluck ( 1765 ), Maria Teresa Agnesi ( 1765 ), Mattia Vento ( 1766 ), François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel, revised by Voltaire ( 1770 ), Christian Gottlob Neefe ( 1776 ), António Leal Moreira ( 1783 ), Joseph Joaquín Mazuelo ( 1784 ), Vittorio Alfieri ( 1789 ), Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi ( 1802 ), Marcos Portugal ( 1803 ), Ferdinando Paer ( 1805 ), Vincenzo Federici ( 1805 ), Luigi Petrali ( 1844 ), Emanuel Geibel ( 1869 ), Jeronim de Rada ( 1892 ), Giuseppe Brunati ( 1904 ), Dimitrie Cuclin ( 1945 ), Vasco Graça Moura ( 1993 ), and others.

* Friedrich August von Finck ( 1718 – 1766 ), Prussian soldier

He was a son of the Württemberg statesman Benjamin Ferdinand von Mohl ( 1766 – 1845 ), the family being connected on both sides with the higher class of state officials of Württemberg.

Johann Centurius Hoffmann Graf von Hoffmannsegg ( August 23, 1766 – December 13, 1849 ) was a German botanist, entomologist and ornithologist.

He collaborated with Lukas von der Auwera between 1763 and 1766 on the Vierröhren Fountain, Würzburg carving the figures.

* Count Leopold Joseph von Daun ( 1705 – 1766 ), Austrian field marshal

* Charlotte von Schiller ( 1766 – 1826 ), Friedrich Schiller's wife

Count Leopold Joseph von Daun ( or Dhaun ) ( September 24, 1705 – February 5, 1766 ), later Prince of Thiano, Austrian field marshal, was born at Vienna, as son of Count Wirich Philipp von Daun.