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• Jan Mensinga, Groningen († 1782)
• Aaltje BERENDS, Lettelbert, Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1798)
• Alida Henrica VELTHUIS († 1826)
• Barbara Theresia Slambrouck Vanslambrouck Therese,, Wingene, W-Vl, België († 1837)
• Anna (Antje) Pieterse KOUWENHOVEN, Nootdorp,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Amelberga Joanna Durinck, Temse
• Anna Pieterse Kouwenhoven, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Dirk van LEEN, Dordrecht
• Aledis Vonk, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Johannes Hindrikus Janssonius, Oldenzijl († 1816)

• Anne Heptia (66), Remicourt
• Joannes VAN DEN BRAEMBUSSCHE (84), Kruishoutem, Kruisem, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
• Johann Martin Laux (64), Holzheim
• Adrianus van Kessel (47), Lith, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Willemsen, Griethausen, Duitsland
• Jantien Rabbers (34), Emmen
• Laura de' Mari d'Acquaviva, Piedimonte, Calabrië
• Henriëtte Cornelia van Asch van Wijck (62), Utrecht
• Joannes De Neckere (80), Beveren,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Ida Joannis Andreae Veraelst (74), Schijndel, NL

• 1735 » Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer († 1800)
• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic († 1832)
• 1779 » Stephen Decatur, American commander († 1820)
• 1779 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer († 1813)
• 1781 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas († 1836)
• 1793 » Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician († 1855)
• 1808 » Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist († 1881)
• 1834 » William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer († 1861)
• 1838 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic († 1922)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)

• 1713 » Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
• 1762 » Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• 1771 » John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)
• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)

• 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 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
• March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
• May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
• May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
• June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
• November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.

The temperature on January 5, 1757 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.