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• Elisabeth Wolsing, Elten,Regierungsbezirk D√ºsseldorf,North Rhine-Westphalia,Duitsland
• Dionisius van Britsom, Poppel, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1784)
• Elisabeth VAN LINTHOUDT, Pamel († 1804)
• Feye Tönjes Focken, Großefehn († 1831)
• Franciscus Van Melckebeke, Ressegem, Herzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Catharina Willems (1) van den Bos, Moordrecht
• Esther Dickerson († 1819)
• Bartel van Teijlingen († 1811)
• Hermanus VONCKEN, Spaubeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Jacob Gijsbertszen van der Salm, Monster

• Joannes Thomsz Pion (63), Dordrecht
• Jan Goosens Paus Hulleman (50), Hoog Soeren, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• gilles DEFRISE (60), Dour (Belgium)
• Marcus Lars Hulings (70), Molltown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Antoine COUPLET (65), Buire-le-Sec,62870, Frankrijk
• Joanna de Jongh, Kruisland
• Hendrik Alberts Crol (72), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Johannes Thomasz Pion (63), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha LINS (66), Heubach, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Daniël Steevens Verhagen, Oostelbeers, NL

• 1719 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet († 1803)
• 1725 » Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author († 1798)
• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)
• 1805 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1875)
• 1814 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor († 1879)
• 1814 » Henry L. Benning, American general and judge († 1875)

• 1720 » Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)
• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)

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

The temperature on April 2, 1757 was about 5.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.