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• Wessel de Goederen, Schiedam († 1833)
• Andries Everts (Stronkhorst), Loenen (G)
• antje zuidgeest, de lier († 1828)
• Antonia Claassen, Cuijk
• Abraham Cornaz, Delft
• Arnoldus Schoeps, Westerhoven († 1829)
• Anna Zuijtgeest, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1828)
• anna ZUIDGEEST, de lier(ZH) († 1828)
• Anna Maria Schellekens, Etten-Leur
• Anna Laurensdr ZuijDgeest, De Lier

• Cornelis Gerritsz LENSVELD (3)
• IJsbrand Eeuwits Visser (31), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna-Maria Geert Roelen (22), Meer, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Jacques Baumier (Baunnier) (37), Oinville, Saint-Liphard, 28284, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
• ijsbrand ewets VISSER (32), sliedrecht
• Henricus Wils (40), Tielen
• IJsbrand Eeuwits Visser (31), Sliedrecht
• Francois le HIR (84), Sizun, 29277, Finistère, Bretagne, France, Kerever
• van Gorkum (Gercken, Gorcum), Leeuwarden
• Isabella MARECAU, Dadizele, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1741 » Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist († 1816)
• 1744 » Nicolas-Germain Léonard, French poet and novelist († 1793)
• 1750 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer († 1848)
• 1751 » James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States († 1836)
• 1753 » François Amédée Doppet, French general († 1799)
• 1760 » Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer († 1832)
• 1766 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer († 1875)
• 1771 » Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter († 1835)
• 1773 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1836)
• 1774 » Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer († 1814)

• 1649 » Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)
• 1679 » John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
• 1736 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)
• 1737 » Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
• 1738 » George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
• 1747 » Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)

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

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

• 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 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
• January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
• May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
• May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
• May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
• December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

The temperature on March 16, 1757 was about 4.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.