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• Abraham Golder, Somerset, Somerset, New Jersey, United States († 1852)
• Aartje Aartsen, Lunteren († 1764)
• Aaltje Juriaans, Venhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands († 1799)
• Alexander W Garden, Otranto Plantation, Goose Creek, Berkeley, South Carolina († 1829)
• Anna Cornelia Peeters, Loenhout
• Anna Barbara Penxten Pexten, Alken († 1820)
• Aldegondis Berx, Kuringen († 1832)
• Antje Bregman, Warmenhuizen († 1811)
• Aaltje Jurriaans' Sluis, Venhuizen († 1832)
• Antje Jansd Bregman, Warmenhuizen, nh.nld († 1759)

• Abeltje Iebeltje (27), Jorwerd
• Marthe Couillard-Desprès (59), Montmagny, Québec, Canada
• Sarah FOXWELL (103), Kittery, York, ME
• Pierre Belanger (65), Montmagny, 1654528, Quebec, Canada
• Kaatje van der HOU (20), Amsterdam
• Hubert Joseph Louchart (12), Lières, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Joes Mahren (19), Beckingen
• Jacobus van der Wissel, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Marthe Marie Couillard dit Despres (59), Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
• James Davis (31), Pasquotank, North Carolina

• 1660 » André Campra, French composer and conductor († 1744)
• 1667 » Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer and educator († 1737)
• 1670 » John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1742)
• 1713 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic († 1786)
• 1777 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman († 1849)
• 1795 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic († 1881)
• 1798 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France († 1881)
• 1817 » Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author († 1845)
• 1835 » Samuel Butler, English author and critic († 1902)
• 1844 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1914)

• 1679 » Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1680 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)

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)
• March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of 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.
• 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 December 4, 1757 was about 8.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen betrokken.