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• Ariaentje Fige, Delfshaven († 1754)
• Hester Buijs, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Lambertsdr Schoenmakers, Waspik († 1804)
• David Hedderich (NC) Capt. Smith, Philadelphia County, PA († 1823)
• Adriaan Roelands Huibregtse
• Cornelis Slootmaker, Tholen, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Gerrit Eigeman († 1791)
• Gisbertus Martens, Horst († 1789)
• Cornelius van Giel, Zoersel
• Cornelis Slootmaker, Tholen

• Rumoldus Poels - Pols (53), Melsbroek
• Catharina Dilis Janse van der Pol (55), Driel
• Abigail Hammond (11), Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Jacobus van Sonnevelt (11), Rotterdam (St.Janskerkhof)
• Elizabeth Preston (51), Augusta County, Virginia, United States
• Jan Andries Oort (17), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Marie Joseph WADIN (0), Guignies,7620,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Marie Laurence FONSON (1), Mons, 53053, Hainaut, Belgique
• Geertrui Maassen (43), Zijderveld, 5580, Utrecht, Nederland
• nn, Zijderveld (Everdingen), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1710 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household († 1782)
• 1718 » Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1799)
• 1763 » Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist († 1829)
• 1788 » Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator († 1866)
• 1801 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State († 1872)
• 1804 » Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten († 1894)
• 1819 » Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet († 1890)
• 1821 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician († 1894)
• 1824 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general († 1893)
• 1824 » Levi P. Morton, American banker and politician, 22nd United States Vice President († 1920)

• 1667 » Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
• 1669 » Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
• 1691 » Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
• 1696 » Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (b. 1634)
• 1703 » Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)
• 1778 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718)
• 1790 » Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
• 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)

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

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

• 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 17 » In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
• May 1 » Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

The temperature on May 16, 1753 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.