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• Claas Cornelisz Dral, Akersloot
• Anna Uurling, Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Wijnhoven, Swolgen (Gem Meerlo) († 1825)
• Elizabeth Davis, Lewes, Delaware († 1828)
• Folkert Reiners Rispens († 1832)
• Adam Ritchey († 1830)
• Peeters Anna, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 1841)
• Appolonia Baas, Kudelstaart, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1838)
• Aaltjen Alberts, Oldemarkt († 1820)
• Adriana Appels, Moergestel († 1812)

• Hendrina Bartelds van Dijk (47), Kampereiland
• Ariaantje Maertens de Jong (81)
• Henry SHERBURNE (83), Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Bartel Emmers (45), Budel (Cranendonck), Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz van de Giessen (85)
• Anna Eliasdotter Mallenius (0), Tenhola, Finland
• Hendrina Bartels van Dijk (47), Kampereiland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Geertje Gerrits Koopman (13), Lutjebroek
• Jacob Jacobsz Plugger (47), Enkhuizen
• Ann Estabrooks (79)

• 1709 » Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress († 1762)
• 1746 » Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader († 1805)
• 1766 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric († 1843)
• 1796 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist († 1877)
• 1800 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer († 1860)
• 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
• 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
• 1816 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist († 1895)
• 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)
• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)

• 1634 » John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
• 1661 » Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
• 1689 » Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
• 1720 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
• 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
• 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
• 1785 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)

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. Trijntje
10. Grietje
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.
• 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 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
• 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 December 29, 1757 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.