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• Balthazar Jansz Vermeulen, Wamel († 1797)
• Barbara Maria Joséphe de Wael († 1833)
• Aaltje Claasdr Hardijzer, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1817)
• Anna Cornelia Van Camp, Deurne, 2100, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1813)
• Elisabeth DE MESMAEKER, Schaerbeek
• Anna Maria Adriana van Oosterzee, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1805)
• Anna Johannes NN, Westergeest, Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1800)
• Anna Cornelia Barbara Van Camp, Deurne († 1813)
• Christina MERCKEN, Schoonbeek, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 1759)
• Elisabet Durje, Schraalenburg, Bergen County, New Jersey († 1770)

• Geesken Meinen, Oeding, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Joes Maes, Horst
• Godefridus Tobben (91), Neer,L
• Coenraad Gerrits van den Burg (23), Watergraafsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jochem van Putten (63)
• Cecilia Boone (33), Aartrijke,8211,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Grace Vane (0)
• Johanna Catarina de Bricqueny (82), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Gelhards (61), Baumbach, Duitsland
• Jarich Georg Idserts Burmania (62), Anjum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
• 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
• 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
• 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
• 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
• 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
• 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
• 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)
• 1812 » Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter († 1880)
• 1827 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician († 1893)

• 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)

• 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)
• 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.
• May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
• 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 December 17, 1757 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.