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• Adrianus de Jongh, Oosterhout († 1798)
• Dingeman van den Bergh, Kalmthout(B)
• Catharine Raskin, Wonck (Belgie) († 1822)
• Harmina Smits, Laar, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1820)
• Gesche Margarete Becker († 1831)
• Guurtje Jans Teeling, Krommeniedijk
• Gijsbertus Branssen, Den Bosch ('s Hertogenbosch) († 1835)
• Cornelisje Claas Kooger, Den Burg (Texel) († 1756)
• Adrianus Antonis, Hoogeloon
• Anna Efferts, Rommerskirchen,Neuss,Nordrhein-Westfalen,Deutschland,41569

• Franciscus Van Vlassenroot (28), Hamme
• Dirk Kuijl (0), Castricum
• Arijaantje Geen (41), Woerden
• Joannes Kemps (41), Balen
• Jean PÉRIN (78), Marche-En-Famenne, 83034, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Elizabeth Edwards (77), Isle of Wight, Brunswick, Anne Arundel, Maryland/Virginia, United States
• Cornelis Bedee (0), Brandwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johann Heinrich Pagenstecher (73), Osnabruck, Hannover, Germany
• Cornelis Cornelisz Corel (12), Wassenaar
• Maria Gobelyns (71), Werchter

• 1754 » Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic († 1836)
• 1757 » Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat († 1811)
• 1762 » Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer († 1826)
• 1774 » Auguste de Marmont, French general († 1852)
• 1789 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan († 1839)
• 1804 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist († 1892)
• 1822 » Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist († 1884)
• 1838 » Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager († 1899)
• 1838 » Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English civil servant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1928)
• 1838 » William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon († 1911)

• 1616 » Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish nobleman and rebel soldier (b. 1550)
• 1704 » Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620)
• 1752 » Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer and theorist (b. 1667)
• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)

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

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

• 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)
• May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
• June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
• July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
• August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
• September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

The temperature on July 20, 1756 was about 23.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: zeer betrokken donder regen.