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• Christina IJsbrands Piet, Oostzaandam (Zaanstad), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Schaaps, Mulheim, Koln († 1830)
• Alexandre Joseph DAUMERY
• Damianus Zuijdgeest, Delft, Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands († 1825)
• Aleida DE POTTERE, Emden Lower Saxony Germany († 1779)
• Anna Catharina Boerendonck, Hontenisse († 1757)
• Belitje Laseur, Amersfoort
• Alexandre Jérôme, Spa, 4900,Liège, Belgique († 1754)
• Constance Joseph Sotiere, Beaumont (F) († 1759)
• Cornelia Ooms, Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Derk Weminge (30), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Claude François AUVIGNE (48), Grenant, 52, Haute Marne, France
• Jannigje van Beest (25), Gorinchem, S-Holland, Nthr
• Jannigje Petersd Van BEEST (26), Gorinchem
• Dirk (Derk) Jansen (Oosting) (30), Borgele
• Elisabetha Keijbets (65), Heerlen, Limburg, Nl
• Jantien Stevens, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jannigje Petersdr. van Beest (26), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafjen Hop (36), Warder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Jans OOSTING (31), Zweeloo

• 1689 » Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher († 1755)
• 1701 » Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist († 1785)
• 1743 » Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher († 1803)
• 1751 » Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer († 1831)
• 1752 » John Nash, English architect († 1835)
• 1764 » Samuel Whitbread, English politician († 1815)
• 1779 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian († 1869)
• 1782 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1793 » Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire († 1847)
• 1815 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar († 1874)

• 1677 » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
• 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
• 1783 » Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)

• 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 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
• May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

The temperature on January 18, 1754 was about 8.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.