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• Adrianus Bernardus Crul, Adegem, 43010, Eeklo, Belgique († 1803)
• Christophorus Thomas van DONGEN, Gilze Rijen († 1829)
• Adriana Van Ballaert, Weelde, Antwerpen, België († 1810)
• Godefroid Antoine Géréon VILLERS, MALMEDY, Liège, Belgique († 1811)
• Dirk Janszn van der Park, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1850)
• Adriana van Ballart, Weelde, Antwerpen, België († 1810)
• Hubertus Gijsen, Holtum,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia de Longeville
• Francisca Van Landuyt, Kerkxken in de Sint-Martinuskerk († 1794)
• Esdra Santee, Nietap

• Adriana Koote (22)
• Bartholomeus van SCHELLEBEECK (64), Dordrecht
• Christine Louise Charlotte Philippa van Ostein (67)
• Otto Frederik Graaf van Schulenburg (63)
• Jacomina Both, Dirksland, South Holland, The Netherlands
• Johannes Hafner (30), Reddighausen, Kreis Frankenberg
• Lambert Dirks van der Heijden
• Joannes Janssens (50), Westmalle
• Robert Doughty
• Ida Elisabeth van Ripperda, Baflo, Saaksumborg

• 1717 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar († 1806)
• 1730 » Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader († 1763)
• 1742 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal († 1819)
• 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
• 1775 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
• 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
• 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
• 1778 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier († 1841)
• 1787 » Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright († 1855)
• 1790 » Leopold I of Belgium († 1865)

• 1669 » Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
• 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
• 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
• 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)

• 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.
• 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.
• December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.

The temperature on December 16, 1757 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.