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• Aaltijn Geertz, Schoonebeek
• Aaltje Feddes Wytsma, IJlst
• Antonius MARTENS, Meijel, 2933, Limburg, Nederland († 1814)
• Cornelis Peeck, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berent Hindriks (Hendriks) Bernardus Heinrich Brugge (Brügge), Haren, Munsterland († 1832)
• Aaltjen Geerts, Schoonebeek
• Anna Weber, Den Hoorn (Warfhuizen), Groningen, Nederland († 1836)
• Aldert Michielsz de Wit, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1838)
• augustin RICHEZ, Dour (Belgium) Hainaut
• Anna Maria Reijers, Renkum

• Anne Roy (27), Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
• Hylkje Lyckles (74), Oostermeer
• Hylck Lyckles, Oudega
• Bernardus Elias de Vries (77), Nieuwleusen
• Aaltje Hendriks van Der Meulen (62)
• Hylk Lykles (74), Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Hylkje Lykles (74), Oudega, Nederland
• Hylckjen (Hylkje) Lijkles (72), Oudega, Smallingerland
• Adrianus Franciscus Raman (22), Heusden
• Berend Klaassen Aukes (62), Suurhusen, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany

• 1728 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect († 1799)
• 1753 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral († 1798)
• 1761 » Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech pianist and composer († 1812)
• 1768 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1835)
• 1775 » Louisa Adams, English-American wife of John Quincy Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States († 1852)
• 1777 » Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic († 1838)
• 1777 » Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet († 1843)
• 1785 » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist († 1838)
• 1787 » Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary († 1853)
• 1788 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher († 1869)

• 1624 » George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist, founded George Heriot's School (b. 1563)
• 1713 » Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (b. 1664)
• 1728 » Agostino Steffani, Italian priest and composer (b. 1653)
• 1763 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (b. 1710)
• 1789 » Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist and physiologist (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 February 12, 1757 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.