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• Aaltjen Gerrards Mulder († 1808)
• Geertruid Pieters (Hadder), Uithuizermeden († 1830)
• Aart Petersze Kloek, Oosterwolde († 1812)
• Alida Rietvelt, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Aart KLOEK, Oosterwolde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1812)
• Aagje Gerrits de Hoog, Vlaardingen († 1818)
• Adriana Deliën, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1830)
• Aaltjen RAMAKER, Dinxperlo, De heurne, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Amelia Geertruyt van Leenhoff, Heteren,Gelderland,Nederland
• Abraham Adriaansz van der Beek, Babiloniënbroek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1756)

• Cornelis Huismans (34)
• Janke Hendriks (44), Ballum
• Jan Lubberts Soetevent (57), Overijssel,,Netherlands
• Johann Heinrich Meyer Zu Hickingen (68), Hickingen
• Derk Molendijck (1), Dubbeldam, Nederland
• Arij Ponse
• Jannetje Henrickx (44), Ballum, Nederland
• Jannetje(n) Hen(d)rijks (44), Ballum (op Ameland)
• Jannetje Henrickx (44), Ameland, Ballum, fr.nld
• Janke Hendriks Metz (44), Ballum

• 1692 » Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon († 1740)
• 1700 » Baji Rao I, first Peshwa of Maratha Empire († 1740)
• 1720 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician († 1760)
• 1750 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor († 1825)
• 1754 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer († 1833)
• 1774 » Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician († 1809)
• 1792 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1878)
• 1803 » Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General († 1881)
• 1807 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia († 1893)
• 1819 » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia († 1876)

• 1642 » Guido Reni, Italian painter and educator (b. 1575)
• 1648 » Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1615)
• 1683 » Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
• 1707 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1660)
• 1765 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
• 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
• 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
• 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Joannes
4. Johannes
5. Pieter
6. Hendrik
7. Willem
8. Petrus
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. Adriana
13. Elizabeth
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 August 18, 1754 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.