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• Adriana Debbes, Woubrugge († 1783)
• Aaltje Schouten, Tuil, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Agatha van der Horst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• alexandre CIRIEZ, Blaugies (Belgium)
• Adriaan A Doornik van, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonij Jacobsz Vos, Huijzen
• Anna de Villiers († 1822)
• Anna Gijsberts Heij, Sluipwijk
• Aaltje Beerts, Hierden († 1818)
• Anthonij Gorter, Diemen

• Christina Coot
• Benjamin Hodges (63), Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts
• Marinus Groenendijk, Sommelsdijk, Nederland
• Martinus WILLAERT (30), Aartrijke
• John Winslow (17), Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Robert Day (71), Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Joseph Limonard (40), Saarlouis,, Saarland, Duitsland
• (Marie) Catherine Jeanne SAUDEMONT (78), Lewarde,59287,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE,Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Neeltje Jansen (van de Nap), Ederveen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacobus Manders (24), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1685 » Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Canadian commander and explorer († 1749)
• 1729 » Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort († 1785)
• 1749 » Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning († 1841)
• 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
• 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
• 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
• 1769 » Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1818)
• 1790 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer († 1868)
• 1793 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic († 1865)
• 1816 » August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian († 1876)

• 1690 » Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general and politician (b. 1610)
• 1708 » Ludolf Bakhuizen, German-Dutch painter (b. 1631)
• 1713 » Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
• 1747 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
• 1776 » James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
• 1780 » Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1796 » Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)
• 1808 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)

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

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

• 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 November 17, 1754 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.