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Born on Sunday October 17, 1751
- Antonia Willems Klinkenberg, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Spaan, Amsterdam
- Anneke Huiberts van Andel, Andel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1825)
- Arent Nuesink, Warnsveld
- Aartjen Corse EKRIS, Maartensdijk
- Aartje (Ortje) van Ekris (Ekeris), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Netherlands
- , DALFSEN, Overijssel, Nederland († 1795)
- Aaltje Andries, Hallum
- Aaltjen Winkelhorst, Haart-Aalten († 1823)
- Anna Geerts Tammes, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
Died on Sunday October 17, 1751
- Johannes Jans van Laar (3)
- Jan Baptista Boeye (14), Niel, Antwerpen, Belgie
- Jan Dirksz Brugmans (6), Veenendaal
- Geertje Barendse (66), Berkenwoude
- Leonardus (1) van der Meer (0), Stompwijk, Nederland
- Josephus Rotsaert (50), Varsenare
- Heijltje Visser (1), Heerjansdam
- Jacobus Luis, Beeck, Limburg, België
- Grietjen Derks Bakker (9)
- Charles Francois Couturier (0), Lauzon, Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Born on October 17
- 1725 » John Wilkes, English journalist and politician († 1797)
- 1729 » Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic († 1817)
- 1735 » Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist († 1803)
- 1759 » Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter († 1814)
- 1760 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher († 1825)
- 1760 » Henri de Saint-Simon, French political and economic theorist († 1825)
- 1768 » Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia († 1838)
- 1779 » José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820)
- 1779 » Louis Charles, French prince of the blood († 1808)
- 1780 » Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States († 1850)
Died on October 17
- 1673 » Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
- 1690 » Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757 » René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
- 1776 » Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
- 1780 » William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
- 1781 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (b. 1705)
- 1786 » Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
- 1806 » Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
- 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
- 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
Names that were popular for boys in 1751
- Jan
- Joannes
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Hendrik
- Petrus
- Willem
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Jean
- Dirk
- John
- Johann
- Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1751
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Johanna
- Joanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Grietje
- Adriana
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1751
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- 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)
- July 6 » Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- December 14 » The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Weather October 17, 1751
The temperature on October 17, 1751 was about 9.0 °C. There was 112 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen hagel zeer betrokken.