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• Cornelia Dirks Houniet, Hazerswoude († 1838)
• Aafje Jans Manshande, uijt watermolens
• Cornelia ZUIDGEEST, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1824)
• Aafje Manshanden, Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Cornelisdr. Suijtgeest, Delft RK († 1824)
• Catherine FIDGETT, Fakenham, Norfolk, England († 1836)
• Antoni van Deteren, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1821)
• Bernardus BERENDS, Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Sibilla Graaf, Wassenberg Dld († 1820)
• Agatha Kort, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1757)

• Andrew DURNO (56), Lentush, Rayne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Henricus Stam (2), Amersfoort
• Anne Marie HARSTER (1), Riedisheim, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Joanna Grauws (0), Rotterdam
• Catharina Peters (38), Horn,Limburg,Netherlands
• Joannes Theunisz Lauwen Brasser (72), Hilversum, Nederland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Marie Louise Plamondon (14), Ancienne Lorette, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada
• Petronella Sommaghe (52), Zelzate
• Abraham KIP
• Catharina Jagers (42), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1721 » John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware († 1796)
• 1723 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician († 1792)
• 1736 » Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach († 1806)
• 1743 » Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer († 1820)
• 1762 » Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator († 1830)
• 1767 » Rama II of Siam († 1824)
• 1774 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge († 1850)
• 1786 » Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician († 1869)
• 1786 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic († 1859)
• 1788 » Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter († 1857)

• 1704 » Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
• 1714 » Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
• 1721 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
• 1732 » Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
• 1777 » Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
• 1785 » Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
• 1799 » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
• 1810 » Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
• 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.

The temperature on February 24, 1757 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.