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• Aleida Janssen, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Friedrich Albert von Wangenheim († 1813)
• George Ryall, Yetminster, Dorset, England
• Anton Everhard Terhorst, Niderlangen, Emsland († 1811)
• Cornelis Jansz Duijnker, Den Hoorn (Texel) († 1828)
• Hermanus Dosman, Leiden
• Arris van Leersum, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1832)
• David Mitchell, East Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland († 1842)
• Albert Klaassens de Raad, Hoogezand(Gr)-Sappemeer († 1824)
• Cornelius Adriaen Meesters, Huijbergen

• Diego Sáenz Manso de Velasco (72)
• Heijnderijna van der Beeck (67), Delft
• Antonius Cornelius Disco (37), Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Daniel van HOUTE (51), Oostburg,zl
• cornelis gerritsz GROEN (70), maasland
• Herman van Binnevest (57), Delft
• Herman Ds. van Binnevest (58), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Adriana Zegerse Dolewaart (37), Willemstad
• Gerrit Claesz Boom, Voorburg
• Adriaan Davidse (77), Oost Souburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1706 » Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher († 1751)
• 1713 » Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian director and manager († 1785)
• 1718 » Israel Putnam, American general († 1790)
• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)
• 1827 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time († 1915)

• 1658 » Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (b. 1590)
• 1694 » Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)
• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on January 7, 1757 was about -9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder.