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• Anna Maria Lagarde, Alphen († 1820)
• Bernardus van Kuijk, Gieltjensdorp († 1797)
• Arriaantje (ariaantje) Klaasse JONGE de, Zandbelt (Vollenhove) († 1803)
• Anna Maria Swart, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Claas Buur, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schonebeck, Rhede, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Agatha Paulissen, Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B) († 1831)
• Benjamin Greenleaf, Westport, Lincoln County, Maine, United States († 1843)
• Anna Maria Geu(d)ens, Langdorp († 1798)
• Arriaantje Klaassen de Jonge, Beulake, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 1805)

• Elizabeth Arnold (24)
• Joris Jacobsz Kortekaas (18), Wassenaar
• Ariaantje Borsboom (71), Rijswijk
• Jean HEUBERGER (0), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Bernardus Clemens (0), Bree
• Lijsbeth Cornelis Wonder (65), Noord Scharwoude, Nederland
• Joris Jacobsz. Cortecaes (18), Wassenaar
• Arentje Cornelisse Borsboom (71), Rijswijk
• Ariaantje Cornelisdr. Borsboom (71), Rijswijk
• Lijsbeth Wonder (64), Noord-Scharwoude

• 1742 » Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic († 1810)
• 1749 » Yolande de Polastron, French educator († 1793)
• 1750 » Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna († 1795)
• 1752 » Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director († 1813)
• 1767 » August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic († 1845)
• 1774 » Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic († 1824)
• 1779 » Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
• 1783 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author († 1872)
• 1804 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic († 1875)
• 1814 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian († 1874)

• 1656 » Joseph Hall, English bishop (b. 1574)
• 1682 » Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1606)
• 1721 » Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
• 1755 » Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715)
• 1761 » Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1698)
• 1780 » Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
• 1784 » Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736)
• 1811 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
• 1831 » John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
• 1853 » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)

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

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

• 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 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
• July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
• August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
• September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
• September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
• November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.

The temperature on September 8, 1759 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.