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• Harmina Booltink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1818)
• Christina Ketels, Grubbenvorst, Limburg, Nederland
• Dorothea Ysebaert, Scheldewindeke († 1814)
• Elisabeth Blöser, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1829)
• Adrianus Franciscus Sterckens, Meer († 1830)
• Anna Maria MARCHEAU, Waanrode († 1799)
• Hendricus van Giersbergen, Drunen
• Anna Maria Nass, Warbeyen († 1819)
• Franciscus Laurentius CASTELEIN, Esen († 1824)
• Adrianus Franciscus Sterckens, Meer, Antwerp, Belgium († 1830)

• Barbara Vertommen (18), Humbeek (Grimbergen)
• George Nettles (43), Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico, America
• Catharina Paulusse Bom (42)
• Heinrich XLVI von REUß (1)
• Carolus Dausi (70), Mol, België
• Barbara Tersago (4), Temse, O-Vl, BE
• Ebele Alles (67), Lippenhuizen, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Heinrich XLVI von Reuß-Ebersdorf (born Reuß), Graf F1 (1)
• Ebele Alles (van Wijk) (67), Lippenhuizen(Gorredijk), Friesland, Nederland
• Jacob Heerkes

• 1740 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician († 1810)
• 1759 » Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer († 1823)
• 1771 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg († 1820)
• 1772 » David Ricardo, British economist and politician († 1823)
• 1794 » William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams († 1863)
• 1797 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France († 1877)
• 1813 » James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author († 1865)
• 1819 » Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist († 1874)
• 1819 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor († 1895)
• 1838 » Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic († 1912)

• 1674 » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (b. 1620)
• 1689 » George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1648)
• 1732 » Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
• 1742 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
• 1763 » Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1796 » Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1732)
• 1802 » Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)

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 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.
• 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 April 18, 1757 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.