About the day » Friday January 21, 1752Calender converter

• Cornelia Tesselaar, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1777)
• Adriaan Jansz Obdam, Obdam († 1753)
• Dominique Joseph Ghielles, Mons, Henegouwen, België
• Arij de Ooij, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Francois-Xavier Garceau, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1823)
• Charles Amand Lizambart Emo, Beuzeville la Guérard (F) († 1778)
• Anna Maria DE COSTER, Pamel († 1831)
• Catharina Jacobs Roggen, Vlijmen († 1804)
• Apollonia Rosseel, Zandstraat, Zeeland, Nederland
• angélique MOREAU, Elouges (Belgium) Hainaut

• Jannetje Jacobs van Beek (30), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• François CORNU (50), Véron, 89510, France
• Maria Catharina Farazijn (34)
• Hermann Heinrich Ostermeyer (71), Mettingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Hope Sisson (77), Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• NN GOMMERS (0), Pulderbos
• Maria Catharina Pharasyn (33), Aartrijke
• Jacques FREMONDIERE, (Jallais) Beaupréau-en-Mauges, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Cornelia Cornelis Canters, Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Meijndert Steffens (70), Maarssen (Utr.)

• 1717 » Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba († 1779)
• 1721 » James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, Governor of Minorca († 1794)
• 1724 » Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French rococo painter († 1805)
• 1732 » Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, son of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis († 1797)
• 1738 » Ethan Allen, American general († 1789)
• 1741 » Chaim of Volozhin, Orthodox rabbi († 1821)
• 1763 » Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre († 1794)
• 1775 » Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer († 1832)
• 1784 » Peter De Wint, English painter († 1849)
• 1788 » William Henry Smyth, Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist

• 1706 » Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
• 1710 » Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (b. 1638)
• 1722 » Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1661)
• 1731 » Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)
• 1773 » Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (b. 1689)
• 1774 » Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1717)
• 1775 » Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (b. 1742)
• 1789 » Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (b. 1723)
• 1793 » Louis XVI of France (b. 1754)
• 1795 » Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (b. 1728)

• 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)
• February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
• April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
• June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
• September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

The temperature on January 21, 1752 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.