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• Abraham Ruhl Cressman, Franconia Township, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania († 1844)
• Aafje Cornelis' Stoffel, Oost-Knollendam († 1819)
• Albertje (Sikken) Sikkinga, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1806)
• Antje Lubbes, Noordwijk, Marum († 1831)
• Antje Lubbes, Noordwijk († 1831)
• Anna Catharina Mampaey, Boom, Antwerpen, België
• Albertje Sikkenga of Sikking, Zweeloo († 1806)
• Aalt Nn, Nijkerk
• Akke Clases Hilverda, Staveren, Nijefurd, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Heijboer, Oud-Vossemeer gem. Tholen Zld. NL († 1820)

• Isaac Hanson (43), Sanford, York, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Jacoba Gerrits Verburg (14), Veenendaal
• Cornelia VAN DER TOGT (38), Leiden Prov., Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Heinrich Carl Friedrich Crull (1), Rostock, Stadt Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Bastiaan Cornelisz KRUITHOF (3), Mijnsheerenland
• Anna Dekker (38), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Elisabeth Goort Dirx van Asten (101), Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Isabelle Therese de Haultepenne
• Geert Kleinhesselink (46)
• Elisabetha Theodorus Godefridus Cuypers, Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1716 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician († 1778)
• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)
• 1815 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ († 1905)
• 1834 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician († 1911)

• 1672 » John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
• 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)

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

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

• 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 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
• June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
• July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
• July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
• September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

The temperature on January 15, 1758 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.