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• Adriaan Bernard Crul, Adegem († 1803)
• Anna Cornelia Barbara Van Camp, Deurne († 1813)
• Anna Johannes, Westergeest, Oudwoude, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland († 1800)
• Gezina Teeuwe, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Maria Broekhoven, Oosterhout
• Anna Cornelia Barbara Van Camp, Deurne, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1813)
• Barbara Maria Joséphe de Wael († 1833)
• Catharina van Asten, Bakel en Milheeze, NL († 1812)
• Aaltjen Renssen, Wilp († 1837)
• Anna Cornelia Van Camp, Deurne, Antwerpen, België († 1813)

• Elizabeth Anne FitzMaurice (64)
• Jarich Georg Idserts Burmania (62), Anjum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Quint (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Goedefridus TOBBEN (91), Neer
• Jarich George van Burmania (62), Anjum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Joes Maes (35), Horst
• Adrien (Adrianus) Huyghe (78), Moorslede
• Lambertus Brouns (3), Amby
• Engelberta Aerts Aben (76), Wanroij
• Agathe Lacroix (52), Charlesbourg, 1654534, Quebec, Canada

• 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)

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)
• 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 » 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).
• 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.

The temperature on December 17, 1757 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.