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• Gr√©goire TSCHANN, Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1810)
• Gerardus Maas (Maes) († 1829)
• Christian Heise, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States († 1830)
• Christian (CANADA) Heist († 1830)
• Anne BOUVARD, Sérézin-de-la-Tour,ISÈRE,Rhône-Alpes,France († 1829)
• Egidius Ringoot, Lebbeke († 1830)
• Benjamin Pratt, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1818)
• Adriana Petri de Koninck, Rijsbergen, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1834)
• Frances (Francena Opdyke, Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ († 1809)
• Catharina Pes(g)kens, Susteren († 1801)

• Michel Pierre GILLOUARD (57), Broons, 22250, France
• Joanna Gillett (76), Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Henricus Clemens, Sittard
• Joanna Pijnenburgh (59), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joanna Pijnenborgh (59), Tilburg, Nederland
• Joanna DE Wante (0), STEKENE
• Hannah Keep (83), Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, U.S.A
• Johanna van der Veen (3), Breda
• Joanna Pijnenburgh (59), Tilburg
• Hannah Goodsell (30), Greenfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, British America

• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)

• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)

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. Grietje
10. Trijntje
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 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
• June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
• 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.
• December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.

The temperature on May 20, 1757 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken.