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• Derk Geerts Dodde (Doddema), Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1814)
• Celia (Ceeltje) Verhoeven, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1790)
• Grietje Pouls Wil, Jisp († 1815)
• Dimphna (ook: Dingena) van den Broeck, Teteringen († 1831)
• Ariaantje Willemse van Kester, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1808)
• Franciscus van den Bergh, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1784)
• Catherine Fuga, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe,, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 1791)
• Gerardus Michael van den Hoogen, Reek († 1824)
• Basile Hardy, Deschambault, Portneuf, Québec, G0A, Canada
• Derk Geerts Doddema \ Dodde, Meeden, Menterwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1814)

• Johann Gerd Moor (30), Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland
• Arnold Cassel Custer (61)
• Grace LEE (32), West Wittering, Sussex, England
• Johann Connemann (73), Heede
• Neeltje Cornelia van der Weele (47)
• Johann Connemann (73), Heede
• Arij Joostzn van Rijn (26), Maassluis
• Joost Cornelisz de Bondt, Zwijndrecht
• Maria Johanna Bichon (0), IJsselmonde
• Elisabetha (63), Mühlbach, Baden, Preußen

• 1674 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans († 1723)
• 1696 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan († 1754)
• 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
• 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
• 1740 » Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general († 1817)
• 1754 » Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. († 1825)
• 1788 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic († 1853)
• 1815 » Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet and historian († 1894)
• 1820 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer († 1893)
• 1828 » Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general († 1895)

• 1667 » Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
• 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
• 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
• 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
• 1799 » Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
• 1815 » Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763)
• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)

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 August 2, 1753 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: weerlicht.