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• Eleonora Hilkens Hillekens, Neer, Nederland († 1801)
• Adrianus Geentjens, Wechelderzande
• Jacob van Leeuwen, Alkemade, Nieuwe Wetering († 1847)
• Adrianus Geentkens, Wechelterzande († 1808)
• Friedrich Franz van Hohenzollern-Hechingen († 1844)
• Adrianus Geentiens, Wechelderzande
• Anna Jans ESSENS, Oirschot, 4059, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1810)
• Adrianus Van Der Veken, Lichtaart († 1817)
• Ilse Maria Dopke sive Dormann († 1763)
• Anna Jans Essens, Oirschot († 1810)

• Bryan McDonald (70), Buffalo Creek, Augusta, Virginia, United States
• Katharina NN2 (39), Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Colonel Thomas Jones (57), Spring Garden, Hanover, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Thomas Walker Jones (52), Hanover Co VA
• Geertjen Lubberts Mansvelder (82), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jantjen Baers (42), Varselder/Gendringen
• John Cannon (48), Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
• Aafje Mandemaker (1), Den Helder
• Bernardus BALACE, Oreye, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Geertjen Lubberts Mansvelder (82), Hattem

• 1755 » Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge († 1810)
• 1756 » William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist († 1833)
• 1763 » Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician († 1820)
• 1775 » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician († 1840)
• 1780 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker († 1845)
• 1790 » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household († 1858)
• 1792 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer († 1843)
• 1799 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist († 1847)
• 1801 » Princess Sophie of Sweden, Swedish princess († 1865)
• 1806 » Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, English duchess († 1868)

• 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (b. 1602)
• 1690 » John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (b. 1604)
• 1719 » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
• 1724 » Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1742 » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
• 1762 » Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695)
• 1771 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)
• 1786 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)
• 1790 » Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)
• 1810 » Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)

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

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

• 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
• May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
• May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
• May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
• June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
• December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

The temperature on May 21, 1757 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.