Anniversarial — 2020
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2020:
Births
- Adams, Charles (born 1770–died 1800), American lawyer
- Allen, William (born 1770–died 1843), English philanthropist, scientist, academician
- Booth, James (born 1770–died 1824), American judge, lawyer
- Burdett, Sir Francis (born 1770–died 1844), English radical politician, member of Parliament
- Canning, George (born 1770–died 1827), English government minister, prime minister
- Capelle, Pierre David Adolphe (born 1770–died 1851), French publisher, author, playwright, editor, journalist
- Carr, Peter (born 1770–died 1815), American university administrator, politician
- Cottin, Sophie (born 1770–died 1807), French author
- Denison, William Joseph (born 1770–died 1849), English politician, member of Parliament
- Duppa, Richard (born 1770–died 1831), English lawyer, author, draughtsman, artist, lawyer, academician
- Elizabeth, landgravine von Hesse-Homburg (born 1770–died 1840), English aristocrat
- Ferguson, Sir Adam (born 1770–died 1855), Scottish army officer, civil servant, private secretary
- Gisborne, Maria [formerly Mrs Reveley; née James] (born 1770–died 1836), English author
- Hopkinson, Joseph (born 1770–died 1842), American [unknown occupation]
- Huskisson, William (born 1770–died 1830), English politician, member of Parliament, diplomat
- Jenkinson, Robert Banks, 2nd earl of Liverpool (born 1770–died 1828), English aristocrat, politician, member of Parliament, prime minister
- Johanneau, Eloi (born 1770–died 1851), French author, philologist
- King, Elizabeth (born 1770–died 1817), American home-maker
- Lafitte, Louis de (born 1770–died 1828), French painter
- Maltby, Reverend Edward, bishop of Durham (born 1770–died 1859), English churchman
- The Massachusetts Spy (founded 1770), American newspaper
- Ogle, Kate [née Sneyd] (born 1770–died 1853), Irish home-maker
- Orlandos, Ioannis (born c. 1770–died 1852), Greek ship-owner, politician, revolutionary
- Pivert de Senancour, Etienne Jean Baptiste Pierre Ignace (born 1770–died 1846), French author, novelist, philosopher, journalist
- Smith, Charlotte [née Izard] (born 1770–died 1792), American home-maker
- Thrale, Susannah Arabella (born 1770–died 1858), English home-maker
- Watson-Taylor, George (born c. 1770–died 1841), English politician, member of Parliament, collector
- Wordsworth, William (born 1770–died 1850), English author, poet, critic
Deaths
- Adami, Antonio Filippo (born c. 1700–died 1770), Italian scholar, academic, senator, academician, author
- Akenside, Mark (born 1721–died 1770), English physician, poet, academician
- Alary, père Pierre Joseph, abbé Alary (born 1689–died 1770), French tutor
- Berkeley, Norborne, 4th Baron Botetourt (born c. 1717–died 1770), English courtier, member of Parliament, colonial governor
- Bielfeld, Jacob Friedrich von (born 1717–died 1770), German historian, critic
- Boucher, François (born 1703–died 1770), French rococo painter
- Bovier, Claude (born before 1698–died 1770), French glover, tradesman
- Budé, Isaac (born 1691–died 1770), French gentleman
- Chauvelin, père Henri Philippe, abbé Chauvelin (born 1714–died 1770), French lawyer, churchman, Jansenist
- Chetwynd, William Richard, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven (born c. 1684–died 1770), English politician, member of Parliament
- Colville, Alexander, 7th Lord Colville of Culross (born 1717–died 1770), Scottish naval officer
- Corsini, Cardinal Neri Maria (born 1685–died 1770), Italian churchman, collector
- Cowper, John (born 1737–died 1770), English churchman, university teacher
- Currie, William (born 1722–died 1770), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian
- Dinwiddie, Robert (born 1692–died 1770), Scottish merchant, colonial administrator
- Dobson, Charles (born c. 1726–died c. 1770), English academic
- Du Châtelet, Marie Florence, comtesse de Montrevel (born 1704–died 1770), French aristocrat
- Dumoulin, Baudoin Cyprien Antoine (died 1770), French lawyer
- Duverney, Joseph Paris (born 1684–died 1770), French military schoolteacher
- Fortier, Alexandre (died 1770), French notary
- Gourné, père Pierre Mathias de, abbé de Gourné (born 1702–died c. 1770), French geographer
- Gregory, Giuseppe Antonio Maria de, conte di Marcorengo (born 1687–died 1770), Italian government official
- Grenville, George (born 1712–died 1770), English government minister, member of Parliament, politician, prime minister
- Guiger, Jean Georges, baron de Prangins (born 1707–died 1770), Swiss aristocrat
- Guthrie, William (born c. 1708–died 1770), Scottish author, journalist, historian
- Hénault, Charles Jean François (born 1685–died 1770), French politician, academician
- Hesse-Homburg, Wilhelmina Maria von, countess of Aldenburg (born 1678–died 1770), German aristocrat
- Holden, John [senior] (died 1770), Scottish musician, schoolteacher
- Jariges, Philipp Joseph von (born 1706–died 1770), German government minister
- Jones, Henry (born 1721–died 1770), Irish author, playwright, poet
- Jones, John (born 1700–died 1770), English churchman, controversialist
- Knapton, John (born 1696–died 1770), English bookseller, publisher
- Laget, Guillaume (born 1710–died 1770), Swiss churchman, Protestant
- La Ruë, Pieter de (born 1695–died 1770), Dutch author, art critic
- Lumsden, John (died 1770), Scottish churchman, theologian
- Morant, Philip (born 1700–died 1770), English churchman, antiquarian, author, historian
- Morris, Samuel (born 1709–died 1770), American entrepreneur, politician
- Nollet, Jean Antoine (born 1700–died 1770), French churchman, physicist, academician
- Ogilvy, James, 6th earl of Findlater and 3rd of Seafield (born c. 1714–died 1770), Scottish aristocrat, agriculturalist
- Paradis de Moncrif, François Augustin (born 1687–died 1770), French author, playwright, musician
- Paris Duverney, Joseph (born 1684–died 1770), French financier
- Rodon, Bénédict André de (born 1718–died 1770), Swiss merchant
- Rolt, Richard (born 1724–died 1770), English author, historian, journalist
- Scrafton, Luke (born 1732–died 1770), Irish East India Company official, author
- Scurlock, Alexander (born 1695–died 1770), Welsh gentleman
- Sénac, Jean Baptiste (born 1693–died 1770), French anatomist, physician
- Skene, David (born 1731–died 1770), Scottish naturalist, physician, midwife, academician
- Stanhope, Arthur Charles (born 1716–died 1770), English aristocrat
- Stark, William (born 1740–died 1770), English physician
- Talbot, Catherine (born 1721–died 1770), English essayist, poet
- Topham, Francis (born c. 1713–died 1770), English lawyer
- Trublet, père Nicolas Charles Joseph, abbé Trublet (born 1697–died 1770), French academician
- Villars, Honoré Armand Hector de, duc de Villars (born 1702–died 1770), French aristocrat, politician
- Wallace, Sir Thomas, baronet (born 1702–died 1770), Scottish laird
- Walthoe, Nathaniel (born c. 1709–died 1770), English lawyer, civil servant
- Yorke, The Honourable Charles (born 1722–died 1770), English aristocrat, lawyer, civil servant