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• Age Cornelis, Eernewoude
• Aeltjen Harms, Bedum, Bedum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1826)
• Adrianus van Beek, Princenhage (Breda) (Noord-Brabant) († 1819)
• Adriaantje de Baan, stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee) († 1795)
• Adrianus Joannes SUIJCKERBUIJCK, Essen, Antwerpen, België († 1758)
• Adrianus Jacobsz Linden, Zwijndrecht, zh.nld († 1826)
• Aaltje Woutersd Pijl, Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Aaltje Harms, Bedum († 1826)
• Aaltje Hindriks, Saaksum, Oldehove
• Ambrosius Vrijvogel, Haeghe bij Breda (NL) († 1850)

• Maria Joanna VANLERBERGHE (57), Merkem, 32015, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Arnoldus Janssen (66), Schinnen
• Maria Joanna Vanlerberghe (57), Merckem
• Frans-de-Paula Johan-Nepomuk Sarkander Felix Valentin Graaf van Magnis Vrijheer van Strassnitz (30), Olomouc (Olmütz), Noord-Moravië, Tsjechië
• Catherine McDonald (30), Oregon Pike, Mercer, Kentucky, United States
• Kornelia Pietersdr Naderom (1)
• Gottlob Ehrenreich von Ziegler und Klipphausen (61), Bautzen, Allemagne
• Marie Francoise Houde (53), Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
• Maria BLAES (75), Meise,1861,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Aletje Stevense (Alettie) van Groeningen (56), Montfoort

• 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
• 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
• 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)
• 1824 » Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic († 1904)
• 1825 » Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1898)

• 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Pieter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Johannes
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. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Grietje
10. Trijntje
11. Adriana
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
14. Jannetje
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.
• 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 May 1, 1757 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.