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• Elisabeth Cuijpers, Terheijden, Noord Brabant († 1820)
• David van Gorkum, Utrecht († 1834)
• Antoinetta Charlotta GODIN, Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland († 1791)
• Anna van d´ Langenburgh, Gemonde, NL
• David van GORKOM, Utrecht († 1834)
• Bernardine Colette Ghislaine de Moerman en Harlebeke († 1812)
• Bernardus Deurvorst, Doesburg, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1802)
• David Van Gorcum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Corneille Vandijck, Kortenaken, België († 1856)
• Anna Maria Reuter, Euren, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1801)

• Reinerus Notermans (40), Einighausen
• Maria Derks Bresser (35), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Reinerus NOTERMANS (40), Enighausen
• Leonhard Bömler (Bäumler), Heidelberg, Deutschland
• Anna Ente, St Oedenrode
• jan lucasse krap (65), amsterdam
• Margaret Elizabeth Gooch (71), Argyle, Washington, New York, United States
• Renerus Notermans (40), Einighausen, Limburg, Nederland
• Michel Guay (0), Lévis, Quebec, Canada
• Nicolaas Bartholomeus Markgraaf van Louvencourt (43)

• 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)

• 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 August 18, 1756 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.