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• Grietje Binnes, Oenkerk, gemeente Tietjerksteradeel († 1826)
• Grietje Bennes, Oenkerk († 1826)
• Béatrice Catherine Aldégonde DELAHAYE, Esquelbecq... Hauts de France
• Anna Margareta (Maria) van de Paverdt, Ansterdam, Mozes-en Aäronkerk
• Helena Theunissen, Leveroij, Limburg, Netherlands († 1812)
• Helena Teunissen, Leveroy, Nederland († 1812)
• Catherina Apolonia Schelfhout, Boschkapelle († 1822)
• Betsey Knight, Deering, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
• Cornelius Pieterse van der Vaart, Maasland († 1820)
• Elisabeth Gerhardt, Laaspherhütte,Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1815)

• Georges WEIGEL (60), Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Maria Theresia HOLVOET (34), Gent,9000,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Joannes van Haeren, Horst
• Guilhelmus Struyf (45), Niel, België
• Cornelis van Arckenbout (54)
• Joseph Houthoofd (68), Brugge
• Hubert Claude le Clerc (69)
• Marie Françoise DEION (55), Rèves, 6210, Hainaut, Belgique
• Arnoldus Jansen van de Laar (65), Lieshout, Laarbeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoine LEJEUNE, LORCE, Liège, Belgique

• 1732 » Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer († 1809)
• 1745 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery († 1827)
• 1814 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician († 1900)
• 1817 » Lewis Armistead, American general († 1863)
• 1836 » Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and yogi († 1886)
• 1838 » Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1916)
• 1846 » Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager († 1904)
• 1848 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist († 1933)
• 1849 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician († 1906)
• 1850 » George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor († 1934)

• 1683 » Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
• 1695 » William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
• 1712 » Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
• 1743 » Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
• 1748 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
• 1772 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
• 1778 » Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
• 1780 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
• 1788 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
• 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Catharina
6. Elisabeth
7. Cornelia
8. Joanna
9. Grietje
10. Trijntje
11. Neeltje
12. Aaltje
13. Antje
14. Adriana
15. Elizabeth
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)
• January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
• February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
• April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
• June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
• September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
• November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.

The temperature on February 18, 1755 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.