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• Joanna Cornelia TELLEGEN (TELLINGEN), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Gerardus Bom, Ankeveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Kees KLAVER, Vollenhove
• Sake Ypes Ypma, Wommels († 1831)
• Hazelton Spencer, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten († 1813)
• Catharina Margaretha Wehry, Schwege, Vechta, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1817)
• Elisabeth Treude, Girkhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1758)
• Elisabeth Becker, Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1758)
• Arie Roos, Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1822)
• Janna Jansen Kromhof, Marle († 1816)

• Christina (twin) Geukens (17), Kekerdom, Netherlands
• Eléonore Eugénie de Béthisy (51)
• Anna Tessel (0), Den Helder
• Marguerite la Jeune Comeau (58), Québec, Québec, Canada
• Cornelia Cornelis Melis, Tilburg
• Bernardus Dompeling (2), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Eugenie De Bethisy (51)
• Brigitta Verschausselen (29), Melsele
• Henricus Schroevens, Hoogeloon, Netherlands
• Christina Geukens (17), Kekerdom, Nederland

• 1724 » Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author († 1803)
• 1725 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1767)
• 1728 » Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria († 1797)
• 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
• 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
• 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
• 1792 » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author († 1875)
• 1805 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author († 1872)

• 1657 » John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
• 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)

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)
• March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of 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.
• 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.
• November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
• 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 August 29, 1757 was about 14.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.